Is it okay for a class to be marked as abstract if it has no abstract members? Even if there is no practical reason for to directly instantiate it? (aside from unit tests)
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Is it okay for a class to be marked as abstract if it has no abstract members? Even if there is no practical reason for to directly instantiate it? (aside from unit tests)
Yes, it is reasonable and beneficial to mark explicitly as abstract a base class that should not be instantiated — even in the absence of abstract methods.