Understanding C++ Object Layout and Simulating Polymorphism in C
Memory Composition and Inheritance
At the compiler level, C++ classes are fundamentally organized as contiguous memory blocks, closely resembling C structures. When inheritance is introduced, the memory layout of a derived class is constructed by appending its own member variables directly after the inherited base class members. This linear sta ...
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