C++ Virtual Function Pointers: Exploring the Object Model Under Multiple Inheritance

C++ Virtual Function Pointers: Exploring the Object Model Under Multiple Inheritance

During the learning process of C++, we are often taught that each object containing virtual functions has a virtual function pointer (vptr) that points to a virtual function table (vtable). This simplified understanding is completely correct in the context of single inheritance, but it obscures an important truth in the C++ object model: in multiple … Read more