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- From: harvey@opl.com (Harvey Reed)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: Compiler should generate virtual destructors
- Message-ID: <harvey.727978914@regina>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 16:21:54 GMT
- References: <1992Dec31.050150.28929@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <lkc2k7INNajv@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <harvey.727664973@regina> <24679@alice.att.com>
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- ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:
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- >In article <harvey.727664973@regina> harvey@opl.com (Harvey Reed) writes:
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- >> I like this! Compilers could have "compatibility" switches, but for
- >> those of us who would rather do it ourselves, we could use the
- >> full strength version.
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- >The trouble with compatibility switches is that they force people
- >who care about portability to write in the intersection of the language
- >accepted in the two modes.
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- Would this apply if the "compatibility mode" was phased out over time?
- In a similar manner to how C vendors gradually migrated to ANSI C?
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- ++harvey
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