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Re: detecting incomplete type

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On 02/06/2013 02:50 AM, Balog Pal wrote:
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> What is a standard way to tell whether a type is complete or not? In a
> way usable in say static_assert?

It's trivial to determine at compile time whether a type is complete by
writing code for which a diagnostic is required if the type is
incomplete. However, it sounds like you want a method that can be used
in program that compiles and executes successfully. I don't know of any
standard way to do that.

...
> So what to do then? I looked through type_traits for no help.

A few of the type_traits don't require that the type they are
instantiated for be complete (all of the ones in table 48, plus
is_const, is_volatile, is_signed, and is_unsigned), but offhand I can't
come up with any construct that has standard-defined behavior for an
incomplete type which is different from that required if the type had
been complete.


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detecting incomplete type Balog Pal <pasa@lib.hu> - 2013-02-06 01:50 -0600
  Re: detecting incomplete type Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-07 02:08 -0600
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  Re: detecting incomplete type James Kanze <james.kanze@googlemail.com> - 2013-02-07 02:32 -0600

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