[PATCH 0/5] Remove struct main_type.vptr_{fieldno,basetype}
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Mon Feb 2 03:52:00 GMT 2015
> Anytime you can reduce the size of struct main_type that's A Good Thing.
> Alas in this case my motivation, besides more general cleanup (will it
> never end?), is that I may wish to add something to struct main_type.
> Now I can, if I need to.
>
> There are two fields in struct main_type that really shouldn't be there:
> vptr_fieldno, and vptr_basetype. Every type has to pay the price
> in memory usage for their presence. The proper place for them is
> in the type_specific field (in this case cplus_stuff) which exists
> for this purpose.
Thanks for doing that, Doug.
--
Joel
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