#include #include class X { public: void fun(); std::string d_str; }; inline void X::fun() { std::cout << "hello\n"; } using namespace std; int main() { cout << "size of pointer to data-member: " << sizeof(&X::d_str) << "\n" "size of pointer to member function: " << sizeof(&X::fun) << "\n" "size of pointer to non-member data: " << sizeof(char *) << "\n" "size of pointer to free function: " << sizeof(&printf) << '\n'; } /* generated output (on 32-bit architectures): size of pointer to data-member: 4 size of pointer to member function: 8 size of pointer to non-member data: 4 size of pointer to free function: 4 */