[odb-users] reuse inheritance with abstract base

[Paul Harrison]

On 2013-03 -20, at 07:38, Paul Harrison wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to use reuse inheritance with an abstract base
> 
> 
> and on compilation I get 
> 
> band_table_entry_p.h:67:56: error: pointed-to class '::BT_Local_Oscillator_P' is abstract
> 
> 
> for a class  that is trying to use a pointer to the concrete class thus
> 
>   std::list< lazy_shared_ptr<BT_Local_Oscillator_P> > _los;//!<  LO settings
> 
> 
> is this expected behaviour? - I note that the documentation says that the abstract class cannot be pointed to, but I am clearly pointing to the concrete class.

I have just realised that although my class was not "ODB abstract" it was still C++ abstract - correcting that allows the ODB compilation to complete successfully...

Paul.