std::type_index::name(3)

🦋 std::type_index::name(3) · C++ Standard Libary 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the std::type_index::name(3) page from the C++ Standard Libary manual — yes, that’s the manual name, spelling and all, and she’s iconic. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

std::type_index::name — std::type_index::name. That’s it, that’s the name, no cap. It’s giving “same thing on both sides” but make it make sense: this is the page for the name() part of std::type_index. 🫶

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🎀 Synopsis 🎀

const char* name() const noexcept;  (since C++11)

Returns the name of the associated std::type_info object. Equivalent to calling std::type_info::name() directly — same energy, no extra steps. ✨

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🫶 Parameters 🫶

• (none) — literally no parameters, bestie. Not a single one. 💅

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⭐ Return value ⭐

The name of the associated std::type_info object. That’s the whole return value. Slay. 🌸

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🍓 Example 🍓

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <typeindex>
int main() {
    std::cout << std::type_index(typeid(std::cout)).name();
}

🌈 Possible output: 🌈

NSt3__113basic_ostreamIcNS_11char_traitsIcEEEE

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💀 Defect reports 💀

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards — here’s the tea: 🍵

• DR: LWG 2144 — Applied to: C++11. Behavior as published: type_index::name was not required to be noexcept. Correct behavior: required noexcept.

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source/version: http://cppreference.com · date: 2024.06.10 — signing off with the cutest little manual-page footer energy, bestie. Go call .name() and slay. 💖👑