Embedded C developers shy away from C++ out of concern for performance. The class construct is one of their main concerns. My previous article Code Craft – Embedding C++: Classes explored ...

Calls to virtual functions have to be resolved by a jump table as to which (physically distinct) object they refer to; that pointer is then placed in "this".<BR><BR>Edit: apparently it's not only ...

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