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has_trivial_destructor

template <class T>
struct has_trivial_destructor : public true_type-or-false_type {};

Inherits: If T is a (possibly cv-qualified) type with a trivial destructor then inherits from true_type, otherwise inherits from false_type.

If a type has a trivial destructor then the destructor has no effect: calls to the destructor can be safely omitted. Note that using meta-programming to omit a call to a single trivial-constructor call is of no benefit whatsoever. However, if loops and/or exception handling code can also be omitted, then some benefit in terms of code size and speed can be obtained.

Compiler Compatibility: If the compiler does not support partial-specialization of class templates, then this template can not be used with function types.

Without some (as yet unspecified) help from the compiler, has_trivial_destructor will never report that a user-defined class or struct has a trivial destructor; this is always safe, if possibly sub-optimal. Currently (May 2005) only MWCW 9 and Visual C++ 8 have the necessary compiler intrinsics to detect user-defined classes with trivial constructors.

C++ Standard Reference: 12.4p3.

Header: #include <boost/type_traits/has_trivial_destructor.hpp> or #include <boost/type_traits.hpp>

Examples:

has_trivial_destructor<int> inherits from true_type.

has_trivial_destructor<char*>::type is the type true_type.

has_trivial_destructor<int (*)(long)>::value is an integral constant expression that evaluates to true.

has_trivial_destructor<MyClass>::value is an integral constant expression that evaluates to false.

has_trivial_destructor<T>::value_type is the type bool.


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