Re: [Boost-users] Template type to constant string

From: Olivier Tournaire (olitour_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-05 19:53:04

Hi,

This is not MS specific. It works with many compilers, and at least with gcc
(do not remember the exact version). However, I think "name()" return value
is not standard and can vary between platforms.

Regards

2007/11/6, Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_[hidden]>:
>
> Thanks!
>
> This seems to work, however looking at the implementation of <typeinfo> I
> don't see the keyword "typeid" anywhere. Where in the world is it coming
> from? Is <typeinfo> part of the standard? It's obviously not in STL since it
> lacks the namespace. I'm a little confused as to where the file comes from,
> as I've never heard of it before. I'm guessing it is a microsoft specific
> thing.
>
> Let me know. Thanks again.
>
> On 11/5/07, Olivier Tournaire <olitour_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe you can try with typeid(t_type).name(), included in <typeinfo>.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> > 2007/11/5, Robert Dailey < rcdailey_at_[hidden] >:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > As you know, with Microsoft VS preprocessor operators you can convert
> > > a type passed in to a macro to a string. For example:
> > >
> > > #define TO_STRING( type ) #type
> > >
> > > I would like to do the same thing with a template type:
> > >
> > > template< typename t_type >
> > > void TO_STRING()
> > > {
> > >   // Do something here with t_type to make it a string and then return
> > > it
> > > }
> > >
> > > Is there something in boost that can facilitate the behavior I'm
> > > describing? Thanks.
> > >
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