https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65856
--- Comment #8 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Helfer Thomas from comment #7) > can you give me the rationale of this usage ? Performance. See also -Wsuggest-final-types -Wsuggest-final-methods in the gcc manual. Although Stroustrup recommends to not use "final" blindly, without prior measurements (20.3.4.2., TC++PL 4th edition).