Instance pointer differs from vfptr when .dll is loaded
So, I was playing around with Visual Studio's Test Suite and I discovered something interesting:
I have an instance to class A at address, say, 0x0656a64c.
Then when I watched over the variable, it says that its __vfptr is pointing at 0x077e7c0c.
As far as I know, a class' virtual table pointer should be located in the first 4 bytes (or 8 bytes on 64-bit applications) of the class instance, unless it's a case of multiple inheritance (then it's just offsets of the 1st vtable address).
I observed that Visual Studio compiled my test into a .dll and run its test tools dynamically loading the .dll.
Could this be what's causing the address difference?
Here's a screenshot of the VS debugger
You are confusing the address of the vptr, and the address that the vptr is pointing at. You are (roughly) correct that the usual implementation is that the vptr is the first thing in the object - but Visual Studio is showing you the address of the vtable (which is shared between all objects of the class).
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