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From: amanda@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
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Subject: Re: Efficient compilation of virtual functions
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Date: 23 Aug 90 18:42:33 GMT
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In-reply-to: pejn@wolfen.cc.uow.oz's message of 22 Aug 90 23:40:48 GMT

>>>>> On 22 Aug 90 23:40:48 GMT, pejn@wolfen.cc.uow.oz (Paul Nulsen) said:

Paul> The problem then is that the compiler needs to know that subclass has
Paul> nothing derived from it. This is not possible with separate compilation.

It would be nice to be able to declare a class or even a member
function as "leaf". Even if we disregard the possible optimizations,
it would add to the programmers ability to document the classes.