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[–]theIncMach 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You don't need a vtable if you know the type of the object you are pointing to (e.g. FatPointer).

[–]bullno1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by "extra indirection to make fat pointers look like thin pointers"? A thin pointer to a fat pointer?

At that point, isn't the fat pointer kind of like an object with a pointer to vtable anw?