> In many languages I’d agree with you. But C++ has a very explicit design > principle of not adding extra overhead unless you ask for it. If you want the > more powerful (but slower) behavior of virtual methods (inheritance, etc.) > you have to explicitly say “virtual”; otherwise a method call is implemented > just like a regular C function call.
I think that final sentence might be the crux of the philosophical disconnect. Several times in this thread you've made reference to non-guaranteed implementation as if it were canonical. You seem to have promoted "everybody does it this way as far as I know" to "this is how it is supposed to be done." _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Xcode-users mailing list (Xcode-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
