[Bf-committers] warnings

[Arne Schmitz]

Am Freitag, 7. April 2006 22:29 schrieb Jean-Luc Peurière:
> With Gcc4 there is an awful lot of warnings of this type in the C++
> code :
>
> warning: 'class ...' has virtual functions but non-virtual destructor
>
> elbeem and ghost have some, but there is quite a number in bullet code.
>
> if the warning is valid this should be corrected. if not, can someone
>
> check what is the valid flag for disabling that in gcc4.

This warning can be disabled by -Wno-non-virtual-dtor. It is valid because 
with a polymorphic class that contains virtual functions, you might need a 
virtual destructor. If you don't have one, the wrong destructor might get 
called and produce memory leaks or worse stuff.

Arne

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