Wnon-virtual-dtor

Issue a warning when a class appears to be polymorphic, yet it declares a non-virtual one.

IDE Equivalent

Mac OS X: Diagnostics > Report Non-Virtual Destructor

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® 64 architectures

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS X:

-Wnon-virtual-dtor

Windows:

None

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

The compiler does not issue a warning.

Description

Issue a warning when a class appears to be polymorphic, yet it declares a non-virtual one. This option is supported in C++ only.

Alternate Options

None

Parent topic: W Options

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