Generic Algorithms on Runtime Types in C++ Through Type Erasure

Satprem Pamudurthy

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Oct 3, 2017

CPOL

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This article describes a C++ technique called type erasure and shows that it can be used to write generic algorithms on runtime types. It then examines the relationship between type erasure and other forms of polymorphism through the notion of type compatibility.