From 4dc673916796a985d3e1ef16395f8528e31583d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:33:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: rename shallow_copy -> shallow_move + streamline

Use RCollector.std_copy_for where appropriate
---
 include/xo/numeric/detail/ANumeric.hpp | 5 +++++
 include/xo/numeric/detail/RNumeric.hpp | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/xo/numeric/detail/ANumeric.hpp b/include/xo/numeric/detail/ANumeric.hpp
index bda27456..7c8e0c99 100644
--- a/include/xo/numeric/detail/ANumeric.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/numeric/detail/ANumeric.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ public:
     /** @defgroup scm-numeric-methods **/
     ///@{
     // const methods
+    /** An uninitialized ANumeric instance will have zero vtable pointer (per {linux,osx} abi).
+     *  Use case for this is narrow. We go to some lengths to avoid null vtable pointers. For example
+     *  obj<AFacet> will have non-null vtable (via IFacet_Any) with all methods terminating.
+     **/
+    bool _has_null_vptr() const noexcept { return *reinterpret_cast<const void * const *>(this) == nullptr; }
     /** RTTI: unique id# for actual runtime data representation **/
     virtual typeseq _typeseq() const noexcept = 0;
     /** destroy instance @p d; calls c++ dtor only for actual runtime type; does not recover memory **/
diff --git a/include/xo/numeric/detail/RNumeric.hpp b/include/xo/numeric/detail/RNumeric.hpp
index 86cac666..35a704ec 100644
--- a/include/xo/numeric/detail/RNumeric.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/numeric/detail/RNumeric.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
     ///@{
 
     // explicit injected content
+    static obj<ANumeric> multiply(obj<ANumeric> lhs, obj<ANumeric> rhs);
 
     // builtin methods
     typeseq _typeseq() const noexcept { return O::iface()->_typeseq(); }