Re: type/member tags (was Re: asking an object for its type)

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From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 16:10

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According to vaughan@puma.cad.mcc.com (Paul Vaughan):
>In short, I believe that it makes sense to recognize "classes with
>virtual functions" as an important concept worthy of a name and
>special functionality.

I consider this a reasonable stand.  In particular, "classes with
virtual functions" should be identical to "classes with virtual
destructors."  I would go so far as to make illegal a class with
virtual functions but a non-virtual destructor.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>

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Subject: Re: type/member tags (was Re: asking an object for its type)
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