Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:22:43 -0600 From: Gareth Owen Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Rationale for base class pure virtual function call from ctor/dtor being undefined behaviour. References: Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:22:53 +0000 Message-ID: <877h0oyzwi.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/abNIGZw8d/LM0RJb4qzTXRjcPc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Lines: 7 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-Vp3LT0KcR2ApY9l+VNj2tVjy+SW/RWWdGr4JvGP16TS5T+CwIu5l0BGWz6qCNVtQcflxFNjTFhDExxM!uz1YfvH7sqUZzmt2yY03br6wu8O0VdrGdl3PQQfd3C4zPt+NxaOb2B/AbFrXL/8KRxBf2Q== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1441 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.c++:13489 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes: > So make it illegal to associate a definition with a PVF. Problem solved. Fine in principle, but simply not practical. The standards body are not inclined to make a change that invalidates previously valid code without some serious strong motivation.