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Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:04 am**

Do abstract base classes need destructors?
Especially when all the derived classes have their own destructors?

Posted: **Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:49 am**

Yes, otherwise the destructor of the derived class won't be called. It can be abstract, though, so

virtual ~BaseClass() = 0

or something like that will do.

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