Should this always work?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 5/4/21 9:21 AM, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 10:21:42 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> On Saturday, 1 May 2021 at 16:06:05 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> An interface cast involves a thunk (constant pointer adjustment) to 
>>> get to the interface/object
>>
>> Yes, but it isn't a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunk ?
> 
> The article literally gives this exact use-case as an example:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunk#Object-oriented_programming

Yeah, I wasn't aware of the more general usage, I thought it was always 
a pointer adjustment. But I also am not steeped in the terminology, just 
parroting what I've heard.

-Steve