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# std::is_empty

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Defined in header `<type_traits>` |  |
template< class T > struct is_empty; |  | (since C++11)

If `T` is an empty type (that is, a non-union class type with no non-static data members other than bit-fields of size 0, no virtual functions, no virtual base classes, and no non-empty base classes), provides the member constant `value` equal true. For any other type, `value` is false.

## Inherited from std::integral_constant

### Member constants

value [static] | true if `T` is an empty class type , false otherwise (public static member constant)

### Member functions

operator bool | converts the object to bool, returns `value` (public member function)

### Member types

Type | Definition
`value_type` | `bool`
`type` | std::integral_constant<bool, value>

### [edit] Notes

sizeof(T) always returns 1 if `T` is empty, but inheriting from empty base classes usually does not increase the size of a class due to empty base optimization.

std::is_empty<T> and all other type traits are empty classes.

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <type_traits>

    struct A {};

    struct B {
        int m;
    };

    struct C {
        virtual ~C();
    };

    int main()
    {
        std::cout << std::boolalpha;
        std::cout << std::is_empty<A>::value << '\n';
        std::cout << std::is_empty<B>::value << '\n';
        std::cout << std::is_empty<C>::value << '\n';
    }

Output:

    true
    false
    false

### [edit] See also

is_class (C++11) | checks if a type is a class type (but not union type) (class template) [edit]

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