Base classes destructors

[Nuno Barros]

Cn someone tell me if when i call the destructor of a derivated class,
the destructor of the base class is called implicitly?

Or shall i call the destructor by myself?

Thanks in advance

Nuno Barros

 

[Kurt Krueckeberg]

Cn someone tell me if when i call the destructor of a derivated class,
the destructor of the base class is called implicitly?

Or shall i call the destructor by myself?

The base destructor will be called implicitly after the derived constructor
completes; you don't have to call it.

 

[Ron Natalie]

Cn someone tell me if when i call the destructor of a derivated class,
the destructor of the base class is called implicitly?

Destructors for the base classes and member objects are called automatically
(after the destructor body of the derived class is run).

 

[Buster Copley]

Provided the destructor is declared virtual in the base class, the less-
derived classes' destructors will be invoked when the more-derived
classes' destructors are completed.

I should have paused for thought, I've got it all backwards. Virtual
destructors are for deleting derived-class objects through base-class
pointers. The other posts are correct. Sorry!