[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 188799] WeakPtr breaks vtables when upcasting to base classes

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188799

--- Comment #6 from Geoffrey Garen <ggaren at apple.com> ---
> It occurs any time where
> reinterpret_cast<Base>(derived*) != static_cast<Base>(derived*); so any time
> you have a "inherit from abstract 'client' base class", you'll hit this.

I think the cases that trigger this pointer fixup issue are:

(a) Base class lacks vtable; subclass has vtable;

(b) Subclass inherits from multiple base classes.

A subclass that inherits from exactly one abstract base class is pointer equal to its abstract base class -- all of its extra data members just get appended to the end.

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