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- From: davidw@werple.net.au (David White)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: copy ctor for abstract classes?
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 19:55:45 +1000
- Organization: Werple Internet, Melbourne
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- ray@cse.ucsc.edu (Ray Swartz) writes:
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- >Should an abstract base class have a copy constructor?
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- If it has members to copy, and you want to be able to copy them, then a
- copy constructor is probably a good idea. Being abstract has no bearing
- on whether it should have one.
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- David White
- davidw@werple.mira.net.au
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