[Bug c++/23140] New: void warning on virtual classes with no destructor

[Bug c++/23140] New: void warning on virtual classes with no destructor

[thor at math dot tu-berlin dot de]

If compiled with -Wall, g++-4.0.1 will warn on classes with virtual functions
but *no* destructor at all. Note that even though this warning is well justified
on classes implementing a destructor - because virtual classes might get deleted
thru a base class pointer - this warning is not useful for classes with a
trivial (compiler-generated) destructor. Note that g++-3.4 and earler releases
of g++ did not warn on this case either.

How to reproduce: Enter the following code and save as "destructor.cpp":
/*snip*/
class A {
  int x;
public:
  A(int a)
    : x(a)
  { }
  //
  virtual int get(void) const
  {
    return x;
  }
};

class B : public A {
  int y;
public:
  B(int a)
    : A(a), y(a+1)
  { }
  //
  virtual int get(void) const
  {
    return y;
  }
};

int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
  return 0;
}
/*snip*/

Then compile as:
$ g++-4.0 -Wall destructor.cpp

Compiler output is:

destructor.cpp:1: warning: 'class A' has virtual functions but non-virtual
destructor
destructor.cpp:14: warning: 'class B' has virtual functions but non-virtual
destructor

Note that this warning is unjustified because deleting a class thru a base
class pointer works fine if both derived and base class only provide a
trivial (compiler-generated) destructor.

-- 
           Summary: void warning on virtual classes with no destructor
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.0.1
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: thor at math dot tu-berlin dot de
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23140

[Bug c++/23140] void warning on virtual classes with no destructor

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-07-29 21:14 -------
Actually this was a requested thing for 4.0, see PR 11624.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 11624 ***

-- 
           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23140