On 11/22/2017 2:45 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 11/22/2017 1:41 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
Why would the conversion function be linked in if I never use it?
Good question. It depends on how the code is written, and how the compiler
represents it in the object file, and how the linker deals with unreferenced
parts of object files.
For another example, unreferenced virtual functions never get elided because a
reference to them does exist - they're in the virtual function pointer table.
And then, of course, everything that virtual function references is never elided.
Another reason to be careful of "kitchen sink" abstractions.
