Re: [sv-ec] Virtual function call from base class constructor

Jonathan Bromley wrote:
>>>   c = D::new();
>>> Is there any fundamental problem with this that I've missed?
>> I don't have too much concern over this.
> 
> But I had not thought about Dave Rich's point:
>> [DR] Except that the "this" handle is not available
>> in static methods, and needs to be available in a constructor.

This is actually directly the cause of my comment about
allocation and construction already being intertwined.  The
fact that a class type prefix could be used with "new" is
just another bit of special handling that "new" already
requires.  Since "new" is a keyword and not just a method
name, it is not a big deal to slightly overload the meaning
of "::" to mean "allocated based on the type prefix instead
of the type of the target".

Gord.

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Gordon Vreugdenhil                                503-685-0808
Model Technology (Mentor Graphics)                gordonv@model.com


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