Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:53:40 +0200 (EET)
From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT latnet DOT lv>
To: Gavin Sinclair <gavins AT cse DOT unsw DOT EDU DOT AU>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Run-time error: pure virtual function called
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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Gavin Sinclair wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm having this strange problem whereby my program dies at runtime with
> the message "Pure virtual function called" (using DJGPP of course, gcc
> 2.7.2.1).  Now I know what it means (it's a C++ program), but I found
> where it was stopping and there are certainly no pure virtual function
> calls.  In fact it seems to dislike the line
> 
> 	return kingthreats.numElements;
> 
> where there are obviously no function calls at all.  Has anyone had any
> experience with this?
> 

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