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From: al@well.sf.ca.us (Alfred Fontes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Virtual constructor?
Message-ID: <25002@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 24 May 91 09:46:54 GMT
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Sometimes, I wish that the constructor for a base class didn't necessarily
have to be called before the constructor for a derived class.  Has the idea
of not calling a base-class constructor been discussed before, and is there
any expectation of seeing this in future versions of C++?

Al Fontes, Jr.
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