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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">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">is_abstract</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)
abstract 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>.
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<span class="bold"><strong>C++ Standard Reference:</strong></span> 10.3.
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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_abstract</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> The compiler must
support DR337 (as of April 2005: GCC 3.4, VC++ 7.1 (and later), Intel C++
7 (and later), and Comeau 4.3.2). Otherwise behaves the same as <a class="link" href="is_polymorphic.html" title="is_polymorphic">is_polymorphic</a>;
this is the "safe fallback position" for which polymorphic types
are always regarded as potentially abstract. The macro BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
is used to signify that the implementation is buggy, users should check for
this in their own code if the "safe fallback" is not suitable for
their particular use-case.
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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">abc</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">abc</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">};</span></code>
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_abstract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">abc</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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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_abstract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">abc</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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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">is_abstract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">abc</span> <span class="keyword">const</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_abstract</span><span class="special">&lt;</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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