Pure virtual function with implementation

Question

My basic understanding is that there is no implementation for a pure virtual function, however, I was told there might be implementation for pure virtual function.

Answer 1

To be clear, you are misunderstanding what = 0; after a virtual function means.

= 0 means derived classes must provide an implementation, not that the base class can not provide an implementation.

In practice, when you mark a virtual function as pure (=0), there is very little point in providing a definition, because it will never be called unless someone explicitly does so via Base::Function(...) or if the Base class constructor calls the virtual function in question.