Re: Virtual destructors and vtable layout

From:
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:02:12 -0700 (PDT)
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On Oct 13, 1:52 pm, Yakov Gerlovin <yakov.gerlo...@gmail.com> wrote:

James Kanze wrote:
But that's the case with the Corba implementations I've used as
well. When the language binding supports it.


May I ask which ORB you're referring to an how it is implemented?


I've used several. I've not really looked into the
implementation, but I do know that it doesn't marshal if the
object is located in the same process.

Specifically, I'd like to know:
1. Do you need a different declaration in IDL, something like "local"


No.

2. May you use the same interface both as local (without marshalling)
and remote?


Yes. At least I think so (it's been some time ago); the
decision is runtime; depending on where the object is located,
you'll end up with the marshalling proxy, or the actual object.

3. Do you get 2 different sets of skeleton and proxies for local and
remote?


No. IIRC, you don't even have a proxy for local objects.

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