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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_virtual_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 a virtual base class
of type Derived 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>.
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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.
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<span class="bold"><strong>C++ Standard Reference:</strong></span> 10.
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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_virtual_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>
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<span class="bold"><strong>Compiler Compatibility:</strong></span> this trait also
requires a working <a class="link" href="is_base_of.html" title="is_base_of">is_base_of</a>
trait.
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There are a small number of cases where it's simply not possible for this
trait to work, and where attempting to instantiate the trait will cause
compiler errors (see bug report <a href="https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3730" target="_top">#3730</a>).
Further more the issues may well be compiler specific. In this situation
the user should supply a full specialization of the trait to work around
the problem.
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<span class="bold"><strong>Examples:</strong></span>
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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="keyword">virtual</span>
<span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">{};</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_virtual_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>.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_virtual_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>.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_virtual_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>.
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_virtual_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">SomeClassType</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">SomeClassType</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>.
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_virtual_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">NotAClassType</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">NotAClassType</span><span class="special">&gt;::</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_virtual_base_of</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">U</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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