Re: [GD-Linux] Determining address of C++ member function at run-time...

[Colin F. <cp...@ea...>]

December 13th, 2001
Thursday

Michael,

  Thank you for the book recommendation.
In fact, I was reading "Inside the C++ Object Model"
yesterday, after posting to this mailing list!
So, I know just how great your recommendation
really is!

  Yes, that book is very interesting.
You know, I, too, bought that book a few months ago,
but I was too busy to follow up on the curiousity
urge that led me to buy the book in the first place
(when I happened to see it in the book store).
But yesterday I found that it was the only book
I owned that even came close to helping me understand
what was really going on with pointers to member
functions.

  The funny thing is, when I saw that book in
the book store, I thought to myself: "Hey, look
at the new C++ book!  Wow, it's about time
someone explained all of this stuff.  This is
really great."  But then I learned, after reading
it a little bit and glancing on the inside cover,
that it was written in 1996!  My heart sank...
I bought an antique book, darn it.  I mean, I
don't think VC++ shipped with STL back in those
days, etc.  But after more reading, and some
perspective, and I can see that most of it is
probably going to be accurate (or at least a
good starting point) for many years to come.
C is a few decades old, and C++ is probably
close to a decade old, and UNIX is several
decades old, but the standards have endured.

  I think the book is absolutely fascinating,
and I appreciate your recommendation all the more
because if I were not aware of this book you
would have introduced me to a perfect source
of information on this subject.

  Thanks again!

--- Colin P. Fahey
cp...@ea...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Roberts" <mi...@sw...>
To: "Colin Fahey" <cp...@ea...>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:52 AM
Subject: RE: [GD-Linux] Determining address of C++ member function at
run-time...


> Colin -
>
> you might find the following book helpful - "inside the c++ object model",
> by lippman
>
> let me know what you think if yuou look at it.  I recieved mine a few
months
> ago, but have not had a chance to look at it yet.  I had some fancy
pointer
> mangling and calling stuff working under vc++ and will eventually get it
> over to gcc; just didn't have the time yet.
>
> cheers
>
> ~m
>