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# Standard library header <typeinfo>

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This header is part of the type support library.

### [edit] Classes

type_info | contains some type's information, generated by the implementation. This is the class, returned by the typeid operator (class) [edit]
bad_typeid | exception that is thrown if an argument in a typeid expression is null (class) [edit]
bad_cast | exception that is thrown by an invalid `dynamic_cast` expression, i.e. a cast of reference type fails (class) [edit]

### [edit] Synopsis

    namespace std {
        class type_info;
        class bad_cast;
        class bad_typeid;
    }

#### [edit] Class std::type_info

    class type_info {
    public:
        virtual ~type_info();
        bool operator==(const type_info& rhs) const noexcept;
        bool operator!=(const type_info& rhs) const noexcept;
        bool before(const type_info& rhs) const noexcept;
        size_t hash_code() const noexcept;
        const char* name() const noexcept;
        type_info(const type_info& rhs) = delete;
        // cannot be copied
        type_info& operator=(const type_info& rhs) = delete; // cannot be copied
    };

#### [edit] Class std::bad_cast

    class bad_cast : public exception {
    public:
        bad_cast() noexcept;
        bad_cast(const bad_cast&) noexcept;
        bad_cast& operator=(const bad_cast&) noexcept;
        virtual const char* what() const noexcept;
    };

#### [edit] Class std::bad_typeid

    class bad_typeid : public exception {
    public:
        bad_typeid() noexcept;
        bad_typeid(const bad_typeid&) noexcept;
        bad_typeid& operator=(const bad_typeid&) noexcept;
        virtual const char* what() const noexcept;
    };

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