[geeks] C++ inner workings

[Big Endian]

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>How does it know which read to call?  I can think of some possible ways to
>implement this functionality, but I want to know what actually occurs.

Look up "virtual function tables"  in the GCC doc or somewhere like that.

>In case people think I'm just pretending I know ways to encourage people to
>help me with homework, I'll give you one way.

I don't mind helping with homework... we're a great resource to do 
it.  Especially if you're stuck.

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>Then the initializer (possibly a macro if I was actually writing the above
>code to fake inheritence in C) would set the read pointer to the proper read
>function.  At least, that is one thought on implementing this.  Propably a
>bad one though.

This stuff is actually done at runtime in C++, not at compile time 
like this would do.

daniel
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