Re: denying inheritance

From: jeffc (nobody_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 10/29/03

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    "Micah Cowan" <micah@cowan.name> wrote in message
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    > Simply don't declare them "virtual". They'd still be able to
    > derive from the class, and still override the member
    > functions...

    If they're not virtual, then they can't be overridden. Unless by that you
    mean redefined.

    > Not having a virtual destructor really should keep sane people
    > from deriving from your class most of the time, I hope.

    The type of person that doesn't care to read the documentation for the class
    they're inheriting from certainly isn't going to notice something that
    obscure.

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