[boost] Re: Extensible polymorphic pointer

From: Philippe A. Bouchard (philippeb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-07 17:43:21

> What about having source file with the static data?  Also, can you explain
> how get_type_id() works?  It seems to me that it could return a very large
> value.  There also seems to be no discernable relationship between the
> size of the space allocated by reserve() and the possible values returned
> by get_type_id().

get_type_id() gets the s_id associated with the target; it's a distinct
number in the range of [0, no of pointed classes].  It is transformed into
an index for lookups.

Philippe A. Bouchard