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Subject: Re: wishlist: support for shorter pointers
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> I think a C++ class (or rather, class template) with inline functions is=
=20
> the way to go here.  gcc's optimiser will give good code, and the C++=20
> class will let you get nice syntax to hide the messy details.
>=20
> There is no good way to do this in C.  Named address spaces would be a=
=20
> possibility, but require quite a bit of effort and change to the=20
> compiler to implement, and they don't give you anything that you would=
=20
> not get from a C++ class.
>=20
> (That's not quite true - named address spaces can, I believe, also=20
> influence the section name used for allocation of data defined in these=
=20
> spaces, which cannot be done by a C++ class.)
>=20

Does the C++ template class shebang work for storing "short code pointers"
for things like compile-time/link-time generated function tables?  Haven't
tried it myself, but somehow I doubt it.

Cheers,
Oleg