Destructor Questions..

[Sathed]

I'm a bit confused about destructors. I understand their functionality and why they are important... However, consider the following code in my base class:

virtual ~Employee()
virtual void ~calcPay()=0;
virtual void writeData();
virtual void readData();

Do I need a destructor in all of my derived classes?

Also, do I need to do anything special to these functions at implementation?

[jsmith]

No and no.

[numericalPDE]

I think you do need a destructor for your derived class. As I remember, constructor and destructor are not inherited. Correct me if I am wrong.

[jsmith]

They are "inherited" in that the derived class must be able to call the base's constructors and destructor.

[catch patrick]

They are inherited as jsmith said and don't need to be implemented because the compiler will provide one if one isn't defined.