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Article #1363Re: Compiler should generate virtual destructors
From: Harvey Reed
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:21
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:21
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ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes: >In article <harvey.727664973@regina> harvey@opl.com (Harvey Reed) writes: >> I like this! Compilers could have "compatibility" switches, but for >> those of us who would rather do it ourselves, we could use the >> full strength version. >The trouble with compatibility switches is that they force people >who care about portability to write in the intersection of the language >accepted in the two modes. Would this apply if the "compatibility mode" was phased out over time? In a similar manner to how C vendors gradually migrated to ANSI C? -- ++harvey =========================================================================== internet: harvey@opl.com / hreed@cs.ulowell.edu / h.reed@ieee.org voice/fax: 617-965-0220 / 617-965-7599
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!opl.com!regina!harvey From: harvey@opl.com (Harvey Reed) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Compiler should generate virtual destructors Message-ID: <harvey.727978914@regina> Date: 25 Jan 93 16:21:54 GMT References: <1992Dec31.050150.28929@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <lkc2k7INNajv@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <harvey.727664973@regina> <24679@alice.att.com> Sender: news@opl.com Lines: 22