Re #12687 Troubling pure virtual function with diamond inheritance.

Workaround, see comments in code.
mantidproject · Jul 2, 2015 · 68e1d02 · 68e1d02
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diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/ISplittersWorkspace.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/ISplittersWorkspace.h
@@ -80,7 +80,13 @@ class DLLExport ISplittersWorkspace : virtual public API::ITableWorkspace {
   ISplittersWorkspace &operator=(const ISplittersWorkspace &other);
 
 private:
-  virtual ISplittersWorkspace *doClone() const = 0;
+  // Windows Visual Studio 2012 seems to have trouble with a pure virtual
+  // function in combination with diamond inheritance, so we provide an
+  // implementation that throws an error instead.
+  virtual ISplittersWorkspace *doClone() const {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Cloning of ISplittersWorkspace is not implemented.");
+  }
 };
 
 /// Typedef for a shared pointer to \c TableWorkspace