Re: Must derived class reserve space for an empty base class?

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From: Jim Adcock
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:40

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In article <5367@miramon.lulea.trab.se> jbn@lulea.trab.se (Johan Bengtsson) writes:
|Jim Adcock (jimad@microsoft.com) wrote:
|[ Questionable C example involving compiler-generated conversion
|  to void* deleted ]

On the contrary, unquestionably conforming C example involving conversions
to char*.

|The fact that applying the adress operator (&) to a reference yields
|a pointer to the referred-to object is irrelevant, since a reference
|is just an alias for the referred-to object.  You cannot obtain
|a pointer to a reference (as you already know).  This should not cause
|any trouble.

Excuse me?

|Perhaps with this clarification you can finally agree with us?

I guess I don't understand what you are asking me to agree to?

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From: jimad@microsoft.com (Jim Adcock)
Subject: Re: Must derived class reserve space for an empty base class?
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Date: 14 Dec 92 22:40:35 GMT
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