Check Type Information

Type traits allow us access and verify the type categories for all our variables. We'll write some code to do that.

With the type traits library, you can check primary and composite type categories. The attribute value gives you the result.

Primary Type Categories

There are 14 different type categories. They are complete and don’t overlap. So each type is only a member of one type category. If you check a type category for your type, the request is independent of the const or volatile qualifiers.

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