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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">is_base_of</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <em class="replaceable"><code><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a>-or-<a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a></code></em> <span class="special">{};</span>
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        <span class="bold"><strong>Inherits:</strong></span> If Base is base class of type
        Derived or if both types are the same class type then inherits from <a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a>,
        otherwise inherits from <a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">false_type</a>.
      </p>
<p>
        This template will detect non-public base classes, and ambiguous base classes.
      </p>
<p>
        Note that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> will inherit from <a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a>
        if X is a class type. This is a change in behaviour from Boost-1.39.0 in
        order to track the emerging C++0x standard.
      </p>
<p>
        Types <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Derived</span></code> must not be incomplete types.
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>C++ Standard Reference:</strong></span> 10.
      </p>
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        <span class="bold"><strong>Header:</strong></span> <code class="computeroutput"> <span class="preprocessor">#include</span>
        <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
        or <code class="computeroutput"> <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Compiler Compatibility:</strong></span> If the compiler
        does not support partial-specialization of class templates, then this template
        can not be used with function types. There are some older compilers which
        will produce compiler errors if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code>
        is a private base class of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Derived</span></code>,
        or if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code> is an ambiguous
        base of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Derived</span></code>. These compilers
        include Borland C++, older versions of Sun Forte C++, Digital Mars C++, and
        older versions of EDG based compilers.
      </p>
<p>
        <span class="bold"><strong>Examples:</strong></span>
      </p>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
          Given: <code class="computeroutput"> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">{};</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">public</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">{};</span></code>
        </p></blockquote></div>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
          inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
        </p></blockquote></div>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> is the type <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
        </p></blockquote></div>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span></code> is an integral constant expression
          that evaluates to <span class="emphasis"><em>true</em></span>.
        </p></blockquote></div>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value</span></code> is an integral constant expression
          that evaluates to <span class="emphasis"><em>true</em></span>: a class is regarded as it's
          own base.
        </p></blockquote></div>
<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
          <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span></code>
          is the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>.
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