constructor not some arbitrary id even if you overload
all the virtual members. If the file descriptor is -1 the
resulting body/handle is not valid() */
+ virtual ~FileBody();
- // NO DESTRUCTOR HERE - destructors and virtual functions don't mix. What would be in the
- // the destructor is in 'destroyClose()' which is called from FileHandle::~FileHandle()
- // *before* the last handle dies.
+ // NO DESTRUCTOR HERE (that is, only an empty virtual destructor) - destructors and virtual
+ // functions don't mix. What would be in the the destructor is in 'destroyClose()' which is
+ // called from FileHandle::~FileHandle() *before* the last handle dies.
// no copy
// no conversion constructors