Re: Calling a non-virtual member function for a NULL instance
Ivan Kolev wrote:
If there are compilers where the above will crash, is there a proper
solution which still avoids the double definition in each
IPlugin-derived class?
Yes, more or less. The basic idea is to implement the static function
for each derived class, then use a CRTP-based idiom to "automatically"
implement the virtual version. For example:
#include <iostream>
struct base {
virtual int info() = 0;
virtual ~base() {};
};
template <class T>
struct base_impl: public base {
virtual int info() { return T::information(); }
};
struct derived1: public base_impl<derived1> {
static int information() { return 1; }
};
struct derived2: public base_impl<derived2> {
static int information() { return 2; }
};
int main()
{
base* p1 = new derived1;
base* p2 = new derived2;
std::cout << p1->info()
<< ", "
<< p2->info()
<< '\n';
std::cout << derived1::information()
<< ", "
<< derived2::information()
<< std::endl;
}
The derived classes derive from base_impl<> instead of deriving
directly from base. base_impl<> provides the required override of the
virtual function, which simply calls the correct static function.
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