23 General utilities library [utilities]

23.18 Class type_­index [type.index]

23.18.1 Header <typeindex> synopsis [type.index.synopsis]

namespace std {
  class type_index;
  template <class T> struct hash;
  template<> struct hash<type_index>;
}

23.18.2 type_­index overview [type.index.overview]

namespace std {
  class type_index {
  public:
    type_index(const type_info& rhs) noexcept;
    bool operator==(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;
    bool operator!=(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;
    bool operator< (const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;
    bool operator<= (const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;
    bool operator> (const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;
    bool operator>= (const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;
    size_t hash_code() const noexcept;
    const char* name() const noexcept;
  private:
    const type_info* target;    // exposition only
    // Note that the use of a pointer here, rather than a reference,
    // means that the default copy/move constructor and assignment
    // operators will be provided and work as expected.
  };
}
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The class type_­index provides a simple wrapper for type_­info which can be used as an index type in associative containers and in unordered associative containers.

23.18.3 type_­index members [type.index.members]

type_index(const type_info& rhs) noexcept;

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Effects: Constructs a type_­index object, the equivalent of target = &rhs.

bool operator==(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;

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Returns: *target == *rhs.target.

bool operator!=(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;

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Returns: *target != *rhs.target.

bool operator<(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;

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Returns: target->before(*rhs.target).

bool operator<=(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;

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Returns: !rhs.target->before(*target).

bool operator>(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;

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Returns: rhs.target->before(*target).

bool operator>=(const type_index& rhs) const noexcept;

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Returns: !target->before(*rhs.target).

size_t hash_code() const noexcept;

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Returns: target->hash_­code().

const char* name() const noexcept;

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Returns: target->name().

23.18.4 Hash support [type.index.hash]

template <> struct hash<type_index>;

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For an object index of type type_­index, hash<type_­index>()(index) shall evaluate to the same result as index.hash_­code().