Re:Operation Costs in CPU Clock Cycles
by dom0 on Friday November 11, 2016 @05:26PM
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Yes it is. The C++ ABI defines how any permitted inheritance hierarchy is mapped into a surjective, ordered set of vtables. Also, calls into methods of other classes in the hierarchy offset the this pointer accordingly.
It feels counterintuitive that these two mechanisms are sufficient; but they are.
It feels counterintuitive that these two mechanisms are sufficient; but they are.