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Article #3563Re: An Extra Virtual Destructor Question t
From: David Sachs
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 14:57
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 14:57
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clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage) writes:
>The compiler will generate calls to the pure virtual destructor if
>any derived type is destroyed (you can't create objects of type X).
>If you declare a member function, the compiler does not generate it
>for you. Thus, if you declare a pure virtual destructor, you usually
>must implement it as well.
Do you think it would be a good idea if the standard allowed
something like:
class X { virtual ~X()=0 {} } // Combined pure virtual + definition
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From: b91926@fsgi01.fnal.gov (David Sachs) Message-ID: <4h5c92$irn@fsgi01.fnal.gov> X-Original-Date: 29 Feb 1996 17:18:58 -0600 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!in2.uu.net!bounce-back Date: 01 Mar 96 14:57:20 GMT Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: An Extra Virtual Destructor Question t Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL References: <4h25rb$43e@news.xs4all.nl> <4h2abb$l69@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: sachs@fnal.fnal.gov X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #9 (NOV) X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUBMTcQW+EDnX0m9pzZAQGT0gF8DDL6RZ1hSPxQVfmerDooxjQwhKYC1J3W p6wj6CxBTHBmXA2ILzm8QXExGottElsK =44B7