Re: A simple problem with an abstract class...
Jim Brown wrote:
I'm working an a large legacy app that is built with Makefiles using
the Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/cl.EXE compiler. I have a crazy
problem that I'm hoping someone has seen before. I've included a
simplified version of the problem that runs fine in a VC++ console
test project. The project crashes if I instantiate an object of class
B without commenting out the call to the pure virtual function x() in
A::doIt(); Naturally, B deals with objects derived from A.
Thanks for taking a look.
Don't mention it.
I've taken a look and cannot really say anything. You omitted too
much stuff to make any conclusions.
class A
{
public:
void doIt() { x(); }
virtual void x() = 0;
virtual ~A() {}
};
class B
{
public:
B() {}
void push(A* pA) { ... }
A* pop() { A* pA = ...; return pA; }
What's in those dots?
Apparently, whatever you have in those dots screws it up.
void tryIt() { A* pA = pop(); pA->doIt(); }
};
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