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A virtual destructor ensures a C++ object will correctly call the destructor of the most-derived class when a polymorphic object is deleted through a pointer to its base class.

When to use virtual destructors?

I have a solid understanding of most OOP theory but the one thing that confuses me a lot is virtual …

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Why should I declare a virtual destructor for an abstract class in C++?

I know it is a good practice to declare virtual destructors for base classes in C++, but is it always …

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Should every class have a virtual destructor?

Java and C# support the notion of classes that can't be used as base classes with the final and sealed …

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Override identifier after destructor in C++11

Does the override identifier after virtual destructor declaration have any special meaning? class Base { public: virtual ~Base() {} virtual int Method() …

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A missing vtable usually means the first non-inline virtual member function has no definition

I am pretty sure this question is duplicate, but my code is different here, the following is my code. It …

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Virtual Default Destructors in C++

I've got a large set of inherited classes (criteria) which inherit from a base class (criterion). Here's criterion's code class …

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Are virtual destructors inherited?

If I have a base class with a virtual destructor. Has a derived class to declare a virtual destructor too? …

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No Virtual constructors but virtual destructor

If we dont have virtual constructors then why we have virtual destructors? Can constructors also be virtual?

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class has virtual functions and accessible non-virtual destructor

I have two classes: class A { public: virtual void somefunction() = 0; }; class B : public A { public: B(); ~B(); void somefunction(); }; B::…

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When should your destructor be virtual?

Possible Duplicate: When to use virtual destructors? When should your C++ object's destructor be virtual?

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