Re: [Boost-users] boost::exception_detail::error_info_base does not have virtual destructor

AMDG On 03/17/2011 08:50 AM, Jens Auer wrote:

I am compiling a project with a more strict warning set and got the following reports: Error 29 error C4265: 'boost::exception_detail::error_info_base' : class has virtual functions, but destructor is not virtual c:\work\svn\sandbox\externals\boost\include\boost-1_45\boost\exception\detail\error_info_impl.hpp 36

Error 30 error C4265: 'boost::error_info' : class has virtual functions, but destructor is not virtual c:\work\svn\sandbox\externals\boost\include\boost-1_45\boost\exception\detail\error_info_impl.hpp 69

IMHO these classes should have a virtual destructor as they are intended to be used as base classes.

No they shouldn't. A virtual destructor is only needed when deleting through a base class pointer. This is explicitly forbidden by making the destructor protected. In Christ, Steven Watanabe