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When to use virtual destructors?
Virtual destructor and undefined behavior
i am new to c++ and programming,i have observed that destructor is always declared virtual.
may i know why is it so?
Thanks in Advance
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It’s declared virtual so that inheriting classes will remember to override this method to do their own cleanup. This is important to prevent memory leaks.