[Insight-developers] STEP 1: REMOVE UNTESTED CODE BY FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 9:00 EST

[Mark Foskey]

Luis Ibanez wrote:

> Abtract classes must be tested by instantiating one
> of their concrete derived classes and exercising on
> them the functionalities provided by the abtract class.

Sometimes it might not be obvious how to get your hands on the 
base-class version of a virtual function, if the base class is abstract. 
  Don't forget that you can do:

   pointerToDerivedClass->BaseClass::Function();

This came up for us because there was a header file for an abstract base 
class for which the only implemented line was itkTypeMacro.  It would 
probably be a reasonable candidate for exemption, but now it'll be tested.

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