On 09/01/2011 01:18 PM, David Robillard wrote:
>
> The main issue you'll find with going the C++/RTTI route is that #2 no
> longer is possible, since virtual objects are not POD, so you can't
> safely write them through a ringbuffer (or copy them around manually in
> general).
[snip]
Correct me if I'm wrong... but...
>> class event_two_t : public event_t
>> {
>> public:
>> int type() { return int(EVENT_TWO); }
>> uint32_t size() { return sizeof(event_two); }
>>
>> /* event-specific stuff */
>> };
The intention of the size() member function is to allow you to memcpy()
the object without knowing its type. Is that not enough?
-gabriel
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