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Started by Raeldor September 06, 2005 11:57 AM

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Raeldor

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September 06, 2005 11:57 AM

If I have the line delete this; in a base class but create an object that has been sub-classed from this object, should the sub-classes destructor get called when this line is hit in the base class code? Thanks

Sneftel

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September 06, 2005 11:59 AM

If and only if the destructor has been declared virtual in the base class.

Raeldor

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September 06, 2005 12:03 PM

Quote:Original post by Sneftel
If and only if the destructor has been declared virtual in the base class.

Thank you!

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