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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Rationale for base class pure virtual function call from ctor/dtor being undefined behaviour.
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"MikeWhy" <boat042-nospam@yahoo.com> writes:

> Arguably, then, the PVF with implementation is not really useful, but
> simply serves as an escape for defining a benign default action during
> construction. 

With the irony being, as Leigh initially pointed out, this is the one
thing you're not allowed to do...