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From: Vlastimil Adamovsky <vlad01@merck.com>
Subject: Re: C++ Class
Date: 1997/02/12
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Keith P. Boruff wrote:
> 
> Loc Minh Phan Van wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >         Is there anyway that we can Define a class that can not be instantiated
> > in any way by the user (that is, you can not have objects of that type),
> > but it can be used as a base class.
> >
> 
> Read about polymorphism and virtual functions.
> 

Read about "Abstract classes" and pure virtual functions.

Vlastimil Adamovsky


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