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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">is_union</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 T is a (possibly cv-qualified)
union 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>.
Currently requires some kind of compiler support, otherwise unions are identified
as classes.
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<span class="bold"><strong>C++ Standard Reference:</strong></span> 3.9.2 and 9.5.
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<span class="bold"><strong>Compiler Compatibility:</strong></span> Without (some as
yet unspecified) help from the compiler, we cannot distinguish between union
and class types using only standard C++, as a result this type will never
inherit from <a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a>,
unless the user explicitly specializes the template for their user-defined
union types, or unless the compiler supplies some unspecified intrinsic that
implements this functionality. Currently (May 2005) only Visual C++ 8 has
the necessary compiler <a class="link" href="../intrinsics.html" title="Support for Compiler Intrinsics">intrinsics</a>
to make this trait "just work" without user intervention.
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<span class="bold"><strong>Header:</strong></span> <code class="computeroutput"> <span class="preprocessor">#include</span>
<span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">type_traits</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">is_union</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span></code>
or <code class="computeroutput"> <span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</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">></span></code>
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<span class="bold"><strong>Examples:</strong></span>
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_union</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">></span></code>
inherits from <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="integral_constant.html" title="integral_constant">true_type</a></code>.
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_union</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">>::</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>.
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_union</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span></code> is an integral constant expression
that evaluates to <span class="emphasis"><em>true</em></span>.
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_union</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">*>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span></code> is an integral constant expression
that evaluates to <span class="emphasis"><em>false</em></span>.
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_union</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span></code> is the type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">bool</span></code>.
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