Re: [Boost-users] boost::exception_detail::error_info_base does not have virtual destructor

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::exception_detail::error_info_base does not have virtual destructor
From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-17 16:13:12

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On Thursday, March 17, 2011, Ted Byers wrote:
> Again, can you point to a significant downside to having all destructors
> virtual?

The usual reason given is that if the class has no other virtual functions, 
then making the destructor virtual adds some size overhead to each object, 
since they have to keep a pointer to a virtual function table.

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