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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CORE_LIB_GPRPP_ABSTRACT_H
+#define GRPC_CORE_LIB_GPRPP_ABSTRACT_H
+
+// This is needed to support abstract base classes in the c core. Since gRPC
+// doesn't have a c++ runtime, it will hit a linker error on delete unless
+// we define a virtual operator delete. See this blog for more info:
+// https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2015/c-deleting-destructors-and-virtual-operator-delete/
+#define GRPC_ABSTRACT_BASE_CLASS \
+  static void operator delete(void* p) { abort(); }
+
+// gRPC currently can't depend on libstdc++, so we can't use "= 0" for
+// pure virtual methods.  Instead, we use this macro.
+#define GRPC_ABSTRACT \
+  { GPR_ASSERT(false); }
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_GPRPP_ABSTRACT_H */