Question

I want a pure virtual parent class to call a child implementation of a function like so:

class parent {   public:     void Read() { //read stuff }     virtual void Process() = 0;     parent()      {         Read();         Process();     } } class child : public parent {   public:     virtual void Process() { //process stuff }     child() : parent() { } }  int main() {    child c; } 

This should work, but I get an unlinked error :/ This is using VC++ 2k3

Or shouldn’t it work, am I wrong?

Answer 1

Title of the following article says it all: Never Call Virtual Functions during Construction or Destruction.