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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: Calling pure virtual functions in base class constructor
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.170810.22728@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:08:10 GMT
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- In article <721505557snx@trmphrst.demon.co.uk> nikki@trmphrst.demon.co.uk writes:
- >
- >Sorry about the length of this posting, but I really would like to
- >understand the reasons for all this :-)
-
- I suspect it is a quirk. To ban or not to ban a body for
- a pure virtual? Bjarne chose to allow them. I now see and accept that
- apart from some unrelated meaning for the body, some 'default' behaviour
- or, better, 'core' behaviour might well be a good use.
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