Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!ames!xn.ll.mit.edu!xn!haydens From: haydens@natasha.juliet.ll.mit.edu (Hayden Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Calling virtual functions INDIRECTLY from constructors Message-ID: Date: 20 Dec 90 00:05:06 GMT References: <94876@aerospace.AERO.ORG> Sender: usenet@xn.ll.mit.edu (USENET news poster) Organization: M.I.T. Lincoln Lab - Group 42 Lines: 6 In-Reply-To: jordan@aerospace.aero.org's message of 18 Dec 90 20:58:33 GMT The same result happens with Sun's CC (ATT cfront) compiler. My guess is that when a new C1 instance is created, first the parent class constructor is called, then the class constructor is called. Hayden (haydens@juliet.ll.mit.edu)