Dictionary

vtable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈviːteɪbəl/ (UK)

Etymology

Shortening of virtual method table or virtual function table.

Meanings

1. A table of memory pointers to different implementations of a virtual function.
   • The most likely result will be a crash when the code tries to use a vtable entry that contains random garbage. 2003, Steve Heller, C++: a dialogue: programming with the C++ standard library:
   • This solution allows the Command executor to iterate through a collection of unrelated objects with no vtables and pick out the right method for each one. 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ gems:
   • Note that nonvirtual functions do not appear in a vtable. 2003, John C. Mitchell, Concepts in programming languages:

Forms

Synonyms

VMT · vftable