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diff --git a/gcc/doc/generic.texi b/gcc/doc/generic.texi index 858521688b4..874d46440f4 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/generic.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/generic.texi @@ -2820,7 +2820,6 @@ This function cannot be used with namespaces that have @findex BINFO_TYPE @findex TYPE_FIELDS @findex TYPE_VFIELD -@findex TYPE_METHODS Besides namespaces, the other high-level scoping construct in C++ is the class. (Throughout this manual the term @dfn{class} is used to mean the @@ -2837,7 +2836,7 @@ macro to discern whether or not a particular type is a @code{class} as opposed to a @code{struct}. This macro will be true only for classes declared with the @code{class} tag. -Almost all non-function members are available on the @code{TYPE_FIELDS} +Almost all members are available on the @code{TYPE_FIELDS} list. Given one member, the next can be found by following the @code{TREE_CHAIN}. You should not depend in any way on the order in which fields appear on this list. All nodes on this list will be @@ -2849,7 +2848,11 @@ list, if the enumeration type was declared in the class. (Of course, the @code{TYPE_DECL} for the enumeration type will appear here as well.) There are no entries for base classes on this list. In particular, there is no @code{FIELD_DECL} for the ``base-class portion'' of an -object. +object. If a function member is overloaded, each of the overloaded +functions appears; no @code{OVERLOAD} nodes appear on the @code{TYPE_FIELDS} +list. Implicitly declared functions (including default constructors, +copy constructors, assignment operators, and destructors) will appear on +this list as well. The @code{TYPE_VFIELD} is a compiler-generated field used to point to virtual function tables. It may or may not appear on the @@ -2857,14 +2860,6 @@ virtual function tables. It may or may not appear on the @code{TYPE_VFIELD} just like all the entries on the @code{TYPE_FIELDS} list. -The function members are available on the @code{TYPE_METHODS} list. -Again, subsequent members are found by following the @code{TREE_CHAIN} -field. If a function is overloaded, each of the overloaded functions -appears; no @code{OVERLOAD} nodes appear on the @code{TYPE_METHODS} -list. Implicitly declared functions (including default constructors, -copy constructors, assignment operators, and destructors) will appear on -this list as well. - Every class has an associated @dfn{binfo}, which can be obtained with @code{TYPE_BINFO}. Binfos are used to represent base-classes. The binfo given by @code{TYPE_BINFO} is the degenerate case, whereby every |