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Title:	OOP52-CPP. Do not delete a polymorphic object without a virtual destructor
Author:	Jeffrey Gennari	Aug 08, 2007
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Sep 04, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/5Xs-BQ
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2)     Page: EXP51-CPP. Do not delete an array through a pointer of the incorrect type     Page: Errata for SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2016 Edition)

Parent Page     Page: Rule 09. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

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Time	Editor
Sep 04, 2025 09:48	David Svoboda	View Changes
Sep 04, 2025 09:48	David Svoboda	View Changes
Aug 28, 2025 20:46	Joseph C. Sible	View Changes
fix typo noticed by Amy Gale
Aug 27, 2025 00:38	David Svoboda	View Changes
Jun 25, 2025 13:15	Jill Britton
REM Cost Reform

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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v689/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v599/
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcoop52cpp.…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/PVS-S…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/Polys…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://www.sonarsource.com/products/codeanalyzers/sonarcfa…

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