AMDG On 5/6/25 10:17 PM, Jean-Louis Leroy via Boost wrote:
7. boost::openmethod::type_id is a type alias for std::uintptr_t. I would try to avoid such an alias, since it doesn't add much and makes code more difficult to read. It might be misleading given the existence of the typeid operator.
Hmmm yeah maybe. std::uintptr_t is a bit hard to type...
I think it's fine to have a type alias. type_id is easily confused as being related to typeid/std::type_info/std::type_index, but std::uintptr_t isn't any better, as it's just another integer type and doesn't indicate what it's for.
I don't know if having a virtual destructor is common in custom RTTI scenarios, but I'm inclined to think that it's not, as AFAIK a virtual destructor adds standard RTTI information to a type.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't.
According to the standard, it does (any virtual function adds RTTI), but those using custom RTTI typically use a non-conforming implementation by disabling standard RTTI. In Christ, Steven Watanabe