Is there any difference between a protected and a private destructor in C++? If a base classes destructor is private, I imagine that it is still called when deleting the derived class object.
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Is there any difference between a protected and a private destructor in C++? If a base classes destructor is private, I imagine that it is still called when deleting the derived class object.
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This is true, however it can be instantiated from another method in the class. Similarly, if the destructor is
private, then the object can only be deleted from inside the class as well. Also, it prevents the class from being inherited (or at least, prevent the inherited class from being instantiated/destroyed at all).