Thanks. I tried typeid vs typeof and as you pointed out the runtime vs compile time info isn't what I need.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Steven Schveighoffer <schvei...@yahoo.com>wrote: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:46:09 -0400, J Arrizza <cppge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe I'm doing something else incorrectly: >> >> [snip] > > >> which still seems to support that typeof() doesn't return the underlying >> type. >> > > typeid is not typeof. Reread the response below. > > However, note that typeid returns a TypeInfo object, which is used at > runtime, not at compile time. D's runtime type info is very limited, so you > may not be able to get what you are looking for. > > -Steve > > >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Jens Mueller <jens.k.muel...@gmx.de >> >wrote: >> >> J Arrizza wrote: >>> > typeof returns the type of the object given to it: >>> > >>> > SomeClass sc; >>> > typeof(sc) // returns SomeClass >>> > >>> > Object o = sc; >>> > typeof(o) // returns Object >>> > >>> > Is there a way or call to get the underlying type?: >>> > >>> > typeof2(o) //returns SomeClass >>> > >>> > I checked the online doc, but nothing in the Declarations section that >>> I >>> > could see. >>> >>> typeid should work. >>> http://d-programming-language.**org/expression.html#**TypeidExpression<http://d-programming-language.org/expression.html#TypeidExpression> >>> >>> Jens >>> >>> >> >> -- John blog: http://arrizza.blogspot.com/ web: http://www.arrizza.com/