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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: c++ question: code duplication across classes
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-09-20 9:55:16
Message-ID: 200609201155.16886.thiago () kde ! org
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Benoit Jacob wrote:
>> No, you would have at most one vtable per DSO. Moreover, the ABI used
>> by latest g++s also mandates that the vtable is shared across DSOs

True, but the copy would still be there and loaded into memory, even if 
not used.

>erm, could you please tell me what is a DSO? I saw it stands for Dynamic
>Shared Object, but I don't understand what that is.

Each library, module or the application binary constitutes a unit that can 
have the vtable and all the virtual functions. ("can", not "will")

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