From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-06 08:56:06
On Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:10 AM [GMT+1=CET],
David Bradley <dbradley_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I wonder if there may have been issues or holes in the policy based
> pointer implementation that I worked on years ago that we didn't
> encounter or think about at the time. I'm trying to figure out where the
> wasted space would be in a policy based design.
Most compilers don't optimize away the space for empty base classes in a
multiple inheritance scenario. See
http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/operators.htm#chaining
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com