std::type_info

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class type_info;

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The class type_info holds implementation-specific information about a type, including the name of the type and means to compare two types for equality or collating order. This is the class returned by the typeid operator.

The type_info class is noncopyable.

Member functions

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(constructor) [deleted]	has neither default nor copy constructors (public member function)
(destructor) [virtual]	(destructor) (virtual public member function)
operator= [deleted]	can not be copy-assigned (public member function)
before	checks whether the referred type precedes referred type of another type_info object in the implementation defined order, i.e. orders the referred types (public member function)
hash_code (C++11)	returns a value which is identical for the same types (public member function)
name	implementation defined name of the type (public member function)

See also

type_index (C++11)

wrapper around a type_info object, that can be used as index in associative and unordered associative containers (class)