[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51715] pkg.fcn should call function fcn with no arguments for Matlab compatibility

[Rik]

Follow-up Comment #10, bug #51715 (project octave):

I second that.  Virtual functions usually are implemented as a jump table so
while there is one level of pointer indirection, its still very efficient.  On
the other hand, dynamic_cast requires the runtime environment to do whatever
is necessary to make sure that the object to be converted results in a valid
object of the cast type.  This might mean initializing new member variables,
replacing a virtual function with a new implementation, etc.  The performance
penalty is not well-bounded.


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