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#include "stdafx.h"<br />
#include <assert.h><br />
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/* Compile options needed: none<br />
   */ <br />
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   class A;<br />
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   void fcn( A* );<br />
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   class A<br />
   {<br />
   public:<br />
       virtual void f() = 0;<br />
       A() { fcn( this ); }<br />
   };<br />
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   class B : A<br />
   {<br />
       void f() { }<br />
   };<br />
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   void fcn( A* p )<br />
   {<br />
       p->f();<br />
   }<br />
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   // The declaration below invokes class B's constructor, which<br />
   // first calls class A's constructor, which calls fcn. Then<br />
   // fcn calls A::f, which is a pure virtual function, and<br />
   // this causes the run-time error. B has not been constructed<br />
   // at this point, so the B::f cannot be called. You would not<br />
   // want it to be called because it could depend on something<br />
   // in B that has not been initialized yet.<br />
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int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,<br />
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,<br />
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,<br />
                     int       nCmdShow)<br />
{<br />
 	// TODO: Place code here.<br />
    __try {<br />
   B b;<br />
    }<br />
   __except(EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER) {<br />
       assert (false);<br />
   }<br />
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	return 0;<br />
}<br />
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