Can destructors be declared as pure virtual? [closed]

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Published on 2010-03-20T01:04:40Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 1:51 UTC
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Why do we need a pure virtual destructor in C++?

I know that the destructor can be virtual, how about pure virtual?

If yes, what's the usage? If not, what's the error, compile error or runtime error?

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