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  2. From: Casey Muratori <cmu@netcom.com>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  4. Subject: Re: Q: pure virtual destructors
  5. Date: 19 Apr 1996 14:43:39 GMT
  6. Organization: Northwest Link
  7. Approved: clamage@eng.sun.com (comp.std.c++)
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  20. Chris Page wrote:
  21. > 
  22. > In article <4l1bmi$1li@netlab.cs.rpi.edu>, sachs@fnal.fnal.gov wrote:
  23. > 
  24. > > Personally, I consider virtual destructors to be one of the blemishes
  25. > > of the C++ language. There should be a better way to make a class
  26. > > (with no other pure virtual functions) abstract.
  27. > 
  28. > How about an "abstract" keyword that you can place before "class"?
  29.  
  30. Hmmm.  If the class has no pure-virtual functions, why would you want
  31. to make it "abstract"?  If all you want to do is prevent someone from
  32. instantiating an object of its type, simply make the constructor private,
  33. no?
  34.  
  35. - Casey
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