# The following was supposedly scribed by
# Sisyphus
# on Sunday 19 June 2005 09:06 pm:
>> You *could* add some sort of flag to your struct and an if() to
>> DESTROY(). Alternatively, you could write DESTROY() in perl and
>> call one of two C methods from there.
>
>I can't see how adding a flag to the struct will help - because
> DESTROY() won't be able to access that flag until it has first
> determined whether the struct is a Civilian or a Soldier
Ken's answer had code. I typically just make stuff up and then go
looking for how to do it in C :-)
>Yep - 2 different constructors, different methods, and inheritance is
> not an issue (in this particular instance).
I think that's your best bet. Why would you put them both in the same
class if they don't have anything in common?
--Eric
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