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Object Oriented Programming with C++, Second Edition
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Object Oriented Programming with C++, Second Edition

by Mahesh Bhave, Sunil Patekar
May 2012
Intermediate to advanced
679 pages
16h 56m
English
Pearson India
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6.11 DESTRUCTORS

Just opposite to a constructor, C++ defines destructor. This is a member function of a class. It is used to destroy an object (of course, after we have used it). The basic rules regarding destructor may be stated as follows:

  1. A destructor need not be defined at all. The program will use a default destructor on its own. We may call it as system supplied destructor. This is a typical do-nothing destructor.
  2. A destructor may be declared and defined. There cannot be any return type associated with the destructor.
  3. A destructor has tilde (~) character followed by a class name.
  4. Destructors cannot be overloaded in g++ compiler. Turbo C++ allows us to overload destructors.
  5. It can be called simply as ~PERIOD(); If it has to be called in ...
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