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  2. From: ell@access1.digex.net (Ell)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
  4. Subject: Re: Performance: C vs. C++
  5. Date: 10 Feb 1996 04:03:08 GMT
  6. Organization: The Universe
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  11.  
  12. Matthew B. Kennel (mbk@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN) wrote:
  13. : An example of an annoying design flaw that affects performance in C++:
  14. : 
  15. :     This calling "member functions in for loops" business.
  16. :     The problem is that C++ offers neither
  17. : 
  18. :         1)  A linguistic mechanism to say "this is not a dispatched
  19. :             pointer".  I think it's a flaw to forcibly connect
  20. :             reference semantics with dispatchability. 
  21.  
  22. From what I understand, unamibguous compile time pointer references in C++ 
  23. will be resolved at compile time.
  24.  
  25. Elliott
  26.