Re: Best way to "redefine" a std class

From: James Rafter (jjr2004a_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: 7 Dec 2004 18:48:07 -0800

In general, C++ classes which were intended to be inherited from, have
virtual destructors. This is something the STL containers do not have
and so were not intended to serve as base classes.

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