Re: Obtaining the name of the C++ class from the pointer

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

Andreas Schallenberg <no_reply@yahoo.com> writes:

> X * ptr;
> cout << "type is " << typeid(*ptr).name() << endl;

Just a word of caution: if X doesn't have virtual functions,
typeid(*ptr) will "answer" X even if "ptr" points to a subclass of X.

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