Chris Just <cpjust@yahoo.com> writes:
Jody Hagins wrote:
I've been looking through the boost library and I haven't been able to find anything that works like typeid() that returns the exact (i.e. derived) class name instead of just the base class. I want to compare two derived classes to make sure that they are of the same class, but typeid() only returns the name of the base class.
If there is a boost function that does this, or if someone has a way of doing it could you please point me in the right direction?
Funny about timing...
I think I can answer your question, but I must answer with another question. What do you mean by "typeid() only returns the name of the base class?" This is surely not the case for polymorphic types, at ^^^^^^^^^^^ least according to the standard. Maybe if you post a bit of code, which represents what you are trying to accomplish, I can help...
I'm using MS Visual C++ 6.0. This is what I'm doing:
CBase { ... }; CDerived : public CBase { ... };
A polymorphic type has at least one virtual function. HTH, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com