Is it possible to get access to the virtual pointer i.e pointer to the virtual table in a polymorphic class.
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Is it possible to get access to the virtual pointer i.e pointer to the virtual table in a polymorphic class.
In general, no, the standard is agnostic about how the virtual dispatch is implemented, so as far as it is concerned
virtualclasses may not even have a vptr and a vtable.The vptr is an implementation detail, you should look at your compiler documentation to check if there’s a documented way to access it (but I’ve never heard of compiler builtins to do this), otherwise you have to look at the assembly output to determine its position.
Out of curiosity, why do you need to access the vptr?