std::is_reference - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

| | | | | ------------------------------------------ | | ------------- | | template< class T > struct is_reference; | | (since C++11) |

std::is_reference is a UnaryTypeTrait.

If T is a reference type (lvalue reference or rvalue reference), provides the member constant value equal true. For any other type, value is false.

If the program adds specializations for std::is_reference or std::is_reference_v, the behavior is undefined.

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[edit] Template parameters

[edit] Helper variable template

| template< class T > constexpr bool is_reference_v = is_reference<T>::value; | | (since C++17) | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- |

Inherited from std::integral_constant

Member constants

| | true if T is a reference type, false otherwise (public static member constant) | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Member functions

| | converts the object to bool, returns value (public member function) | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | returns value (public member function) |

Member types

[edit] Possible implementation

[edit] Example

#include #include   class A {};   int main() {

define REF(x) << #x " ?: " << x << '\n'

[std::cout](../io/cout.html) << [std::boolalpha](../io/manip/boolalpha.html)
REF(std::is_reference_v<A>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<A&>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<A&&>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<long>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<long&>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<long&&>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<double*>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<double*&>)
REF(std::is_reference_v<double*&&>);

undef REF

}

Output:

std::is_reference_v ?: false std::is_reference_v<A&> ?: true std::is_reference_v<A&&> ?: true std::is_reference_v ?: false std::is_reference_v<long&> ?: true std::is_reference_v<long&&> ?: true std::is_reference_v<double*> ?: false std::is_reference_v<double*&> ?: true std::is_reference_v<double*&&> ?: true

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