Will the template argument's destructor to a templated class be called on deletion?

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Published on 2010-05-13T22:17:50Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 22:24 UTC
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If you have a templated base class as in the following example:

class A{
    A();
    virtual ~A();
};

template <class T>
class B : public T
{
    B();
    virtual ~B();
};

typedef B<A> C;

class D : public C
{
    D();
    virtual ~D();
};

When you delete an instance of D, will the destructor of A be called?

I'll probably create a test program to find out what happens, but just thinking about it, I wasn't sure what should happen.

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