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Is constructor and destructor inheritable?

5th Apr 2019, 2:21 PM
Aniket Mishra
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The destructor is not inherited, every class has exactly 1 destructor, so it doesn't make sense to inherit one. The constructor is also not inherited. However you can delegate it using a using declaration. class Base { public: Base( int a, int b ){} }; class Derived : public Base { using Base::Base; }; Derived d( 5, 6 ); // valid now You can read more here: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/using_declaration
5th Apr 2019, 2:36 PM
Dennis
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~ swim ~ Yea, I was unsure about the terminology there so I just decided to use it anyway hoping someone would correct me, so thx :)
5th Apr 2019, 3:51 PM
Dennis
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ok thank you.
5th Apr 2019, 4:44 PM
Aniket Mishra
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Srry, I made a mistake in my answer, I updated it. :)
5th Apr 2019, 3:01 PM
Dennis
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Then what is this how constructor and distructor of base class work on derived class. #include <iostream> using namespace std; class Mother { public: Mother() { cout <<"Mother ctor"<<endl; } ~Mother() { cout <<"Mother dtor"<<endl; } }; class Daughter: public Mother { public: Daughter() { cout <<"Daughter ctor"<<endl; } ~Daughter() { cout <<"Daughter dtor"<<endl; } }; int main() { Daughter m; } /*Outputs Mother ctor Daughter ctor Daughter dtor Mother dtor */
5th Apr 2019, 4:35 PM
Aniket Mishra
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