RFR (XS): 8017578 : Hotspot compilation error with latest Studio compiler

[David Chase]

Are you sure that's a good idea?  The C++ style guides I've seen all pretty much scream at you to make destructors virtual when there's polymorphism.

On 2013-07-02, at 3:15 PM, Vladimir Kozlov <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:

> All destructors are empty in  Form class hierarchy. I think we should remove them all and the problem will be solved.
> 
> Vladimir
> 
> On 7/2/13 7:25 AM, David Chase wrote:
>> bug:
>> in src/share/vm/adlc/forms.hpp, class Form needs a virtual destructor,
>> because it has polymorphic subtypes (that also lack virtual destructors).
>> 
>> fix:
>> make the destructor virtual