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CRTP (Curiously Recurring Template Pattern) in C++ for Static Polymorphism [Discussion #5]

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3y ago · Apr 1, 2023 4:51 PM
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CRTP achieves polymorphism at compile time without virtual function table (vftable) pointer overhead and dynamic dispatch costs.
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3y ago · Apr 1, 2023 9:32 PM
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By deriving from Base<Derived> and casting this to Derived*, base class methods can call derived implementations directly with full inlining!
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3y ago · Apr 2, 2023 12:32 AM
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We used CRTP for our math vector library and compiler inlining boosted throughput by 30% over virtual interfaces.
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