As per this article, which says that[emphasis mine]:
Making base class destructor virtual guarantees that the object of derived class is destructed properly, i.e., both base class and derived class destructors are called.
As a guideline, any time you have a virtual function in a class, you should immediately add a virtual destructor (even if it does nothing). This way, you ensure against any surprises later.
I think even if your base class has no virtual function,you should either add a virtual destructor or mark the destructor of the base class as protected.Otherwise, you may face memory leak when trying to delete
a pointer pointed to a derived instance. Am I right?
For example,here is the demo code snippet:
#include<iostream>
class Base {
public:
Base(){};
~Base(){std::cout << "~Base()" << std::endl;};
};
class Derived : public Base {
private:
double val;
public:
Derived(const double& _val){};
~Derived(){std::cout << "~Derived()" << std::endl;}; //It would not be called
};
void do_something() {
Base* p = new Derived{1};
delete p;
}
int main()
{
do_something();
}
Here is the output of the said code snippet:
~Base()
Could anybody shed some light on this matter?
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