Override identifier after destructor in C++11

c++, c++11, overriding, virtual-destructor

Solution

It is not `override` that has special meaning, but the destructor itself:

10.3 Virtual Functions

6/Even though destructors are not inherited, a destructor in a derived class overrides a base class destructor declared virtual; see 12.4 and 12.5.

If you take this in conjunction with the previous clause:

5/If a virtual function is marked with the virt-specifier override and does not override a member function of a base class, the program is ill-formed. [ Example:

struct B { 
    virtual void f(int); 
}; 

struct D : B
{ 
    void f(long) override; // error: wrong signature overriding B::f
    void f(int) override; // OK 
};

—end example ]

you can see that if a destructor is marked `override` but the base class does not have a `virtual` destructor, the program is ill-formed.

Problem

Does the override identifier after virtual destructor declaration have any special meaning? ``` class Base { public: virtual ~Base() {} virtual int Method() const {} }; class Derived : public Base { public: virtual ~Derived() override {} virtual int Method() override // error: marked override, but does not override - missing const {} }; ``` Using override identifier on virtual method is useful as check: compiler will report error when the Base virtual method is actualy not overriden. Does override on virtual destructor has any meaning/function too?

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