Destructors for C++ Interface-like classes
- by sdg
Starting to use PC-Lint on an existing code base (fear and trepidation).
One thing that it complains about is the following:
class IBatch
{
public:
virtual void StartBatch() =0;
virtual int CommitBatch() =0;
};
Which when another class derives from this to use it like an interface
base class 'IBatch' has no destructor
So, the question: when you create Interface classes like the above, do you always include a virtual destructor? Why? (is it a style or a coding error?)
