Inside the C++ Object Model Stanley B. Lippman
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Compiler authors are, however, free to implement the standard in their own manner. The Semantics of Constructors Chapter 3. In C++, polymorphism exists only within individual public class hierarchies. The Semantics of Data Chapter 4. Please see: C++ Object layout in multiple inheritance · Adjustor thunks · Multiple inheritance in C++ (Stroustrup). Inside The C++ Object Model by Stanley B. You don't know how C++ works until you've read this cover to cover. The Semantics of Functions Chapter 5. Lippman's book "Inside The C++ Object Model" talks about it at length. And peeked at everything under the hood with a debugger, just to make sure Stan's right. Inside the C++ Object Model (Lippman, 1996) describes how compilers may convert C++ program statements into an in-memory layout. Only the indirect manipulation of the object through a pointer or reference supports the polymorphism necessary for )) programming. I have had a number of interviews in which the interviewer asked questions straight out of “Inside the C++ Object Model” by Stan Lippman. Inside the C++ Object Model by Lippmann.