>>>>> Mark Mitchell <m...@codesourcery.com>: > I think virtual functions are on the edge; quite useful, but do result > in the compiler adding a pointer to data objects and in uninlinable > indirect calls at run-time. Therefore, I would avoid them in the > initial subset of C++ used in GCC.
Umm...? Virtual functions are _the_ core C++ feature for creating OO frameworks. Allowing C++ but avoiding virtual functions seems odd to me.
