
Hi, I'm writing documentation for my interface library comparing the performance of interfaces vs. base classes with virtual functions. I was going cite a reduction in code bloat caused by virtual functions, with a link to the Boost.Function docs. But when I read the function docs again I was surprised: I had thought the bloat was caused by duplicate vtables being placed in different translation units; I see instead that the bloat cited is attributes to auxiliary type-classification functions. In the interface library I construct artificial vtables containing pointers to free functions, but each table has a slot reserved for a function which allows the type of the bound object to be partially recovered. Could this extra function mean that any improvement in code size achieved by eliminating virtual functions has been canceled out? I realize I haven't given much info about my library; I can supply more if necessary. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jonathan