Re: [boost] Re: noncopyable as a virtual base class?

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-18 10:58:13

On Tuesday, September 18, 2001, at 11:45  AM, jeremy_at_[hidden] wrote:

> Well I was thinking that sometime in the future I might change B so
> that it no longer inherits A. I didn't think I should have to
> remember that B got its noncopyable-ness from A.
>
> For now under MSVC I am using a noncopyable2 which does indeed simply
> inherit noncopyable.

At the risk of boost::blasphemy, the low-tech alternative is beginning 
to sound pretty good to me (for your situation):

class MyClass  // noncopyable
{
public:
private:
        MyClass(const MyClass&);             // Not defined
        MyClass& operator=(const MyClass&);  // Not defined
};

-Howard