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Virtual destructor
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Me class derives from class, which doesn't provide virtual destructor. I declared virtual destructor in my class. Would object destruction work the same as in class derive from class with virtual destruction?
Me class derives from class, which doesn't provide virtual destructor. I declared virtual destructor in my class. Would object destruction work the same as in class derive from class with virtual destruction?
If Base does not have a virtual destructor and Derived (derived from Base) does, then
you can safely destroy a Derived object through a Derived object pointer but not
through a Base object pointer.
However in practice you shouldn't take advantage of this behavior; it is best for
maintainability (not just yourself, but other programmers) to add an empty virtual
destructor to the base class.
you can safely destroy a Derived object through a Derived object pointer but not
through a Base object pointer.
However in practice you shouldn't take advantage of this behavior; it is best for
maintainability (not just yourself, but other programmers) to add an empty virtual
destructor to the base class.
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