private destructor

From: Arve Sollie (codeworks_at_mobilpost.com)
Date: 11/18/03 

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:06:05 +0100

class myClass
{
private:
    int refCount;
    ~myClass();

public:
    myClass();

    void incRefCount() { ++refCount; }
    void decRefCount() { if (--refCount <=0) delete this; }
};

The purpose of the private destructor is to catch any attempts to
delete the object while still referenced, but my compiler warns me
that I have only private destructors and no friends.
I can of course add a dummy friend, but is this really neccessary ?

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