Message-ID:	<350ECEB1.BFDE2CD0@johnbryce.co.il>
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 1998 21:27:46 +0200
From:	Noam Rotem <nrotem AT johnbryce DOT co DOT il>
Organization:	John Bryce Training Centre L.T.D
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT latnet DOT lv>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Run-time error: pure virtual function called
References:	<Pine DOT GSO DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 980317095141 DOT 8120B-100000 AT sisenis>

Andris Pavenis wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
>
> > the message "Pure virtual function called" (using DJGPP of course, gcc
> > 2.7.2.1).
>
> The most obvious way how to get this message is to call virtual function
> from constructor or destructor of base class when this virtual function is
> redefined in inheritted class

Why is this a runtime error? Can't the compiler locate this bug?

Noam Rotem

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