C++ RTTI implementation

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C++ RTTI implementation

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I have implemented RTTI support for my kernel (i.e. support for typeid and dynamic_cast). Since the article about RTTI on the wiki doesn't explain anything about the implementation, I would like to share mine. What would be the best way to do this?
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Re: C++ RTTI implementation

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I'm not sure if it would be useful. RTTI is very compiler-specific.
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Re: C++ RTTI implementation

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Sure but is that a problem? The article about C++ already has some compiler specific sections.
By the way, my implementation is made for GCC.
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Re: C++ RTTI implementation

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Just add your info to the wiki. We already assume people use a specific configuration of GCC, so that shouldn't be a problem.
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Re: C++ RTTI implementation

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jobn wrote:Sure but is that a problem? The article about C++ already has some compiler specific sections.
True, and most of us are using GCC anyway. Perhaps it should go under GCC instead of C++ if it is GCC-specific.
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