Module 0074: Methods under the hood (meth in the hood)

Module 0074: Methods under the hood (meth in the hood)

Tak Auyeung, Ph.D.

November 9, 2006

1 About this module
2 Non-polymorphic classes
2.1 Equivalent C code
2.2 Bottom line
3 Polymorphic classes
3.1 C equivalent code
  3.1.1 vtable
  3.1.2 The structs
  3.1.3 pVtable initialization
  3.1.4 Regular virtual method invocation
  3.1.5 Inherited virtual method invocation
  3.1.6 Static up cast
  3.1.7 Sticky methods from a superclass pointer
  3.1.8 Dynamic down cast
  3.1.9 Method invocation via pointer
  3.1.10 Making the compiler happy
3.2 How about multiple inheritance?
3.3 How about multilevel inheritance?