From a design point of view, why is that, in C++, there is no mother-of-all base-class, what’s usually object in other languages?
From a design point of view, why is that, in C++, there is no
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From a design point of view, why is that, in C++, there is no mother-of-all base-class, what’s usually object in other languages?
The definitive ruling is found in Stroustrup’s FAQs.
In short, it doesn’t convey any semantic meaning. It will have a cost. Templates are more useful for containers.