Re: Partial implementation in derived classes
Alex Vinokur wrote:
I tried to build program with partial implementation.
However a linker generates errors.
Is there any approach that enables to use partial implementation for simi=
lar purposes?
------ foo.cpp ---
struct Base
{
virtual void foo1() = 0;
virtual void foo2() = 0;
};
struct Derived1 : public Base
{
void foo1() {}
void foo2(); // Not for use
};
struct Derived2 : public Base
{
void foo1(); // Not for use
void foo2() {}
};
This is illegal. Non-pure virtual functions must be defined, even if
not used. See 10.4=A74.
int main ()
{
Base* p1 = new Derived1();
Base* p2 = new Derived2();
// -----------------------
// I would like to get linkage error in the following cases:
// p1->foo2();
// p2->foo1();
// -----------------------
return 0;
}
That's impossible. In order to instantiate a class, it must be
concrete. For a class to be concrete, all its pure virtual functions
(inherited or not) must have a *definition*.
If Base does something a Derived cannot, then Derived is not a Base.
Review your design (see
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/proper-inheritance.html for more
informations).
Jonathan
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