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Run-time type information

In computer programming, run-time type information or run-time type identification (RTTI) is a feature of some programming languages (such as C++, Object Pascal, and Ada) that exposes information about an object's data type at runtime. Run-time type information may be available for all types or only to types that explicitly have it (as is the case with…

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C++typeidoperator

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C++dynamic_castand Java cast

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Computer programmingC++Object PascalAdaData type
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Run-time type information

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Run-time type information → specialization of a more general concept called type introspection.In the original C

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type object information class runtime used run-time pointer classes rtti cast pascal ada reference may references thrown null types introspection

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Run-time type informationis aspecialization of a more general concept called type introspection.In the original C0.90text

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