I've uploaded an updated version of the identification library in the Vault some weeks ago and IIRC I forgot to mention it. From the doc : "Boost.Identification is a library which aims at providing a simple solution for building a textual representation of a type as a string that can be manipulated at run-time. Such a feature is often desirable when someone wants to dynamically debug large template class instantiation or use a easy to use `type string representation` to use in serialization process or exception display. Those tasks are often done using the typeid operator but its output is compiler dependant and often produce strings which are usually hard to decipher." Comments and remarks are most welcome. I'll also ask vicente to add it to the Library In Progress wiki page. Thanks in advance. -- ___________________________________________ Joel Falcou - Assistant Professor PARALL Team - LRI - Universite Paris Sud XI Tel : (+33)1 69 15 66 35