Question

What is meant by type_info?

(a) Used to hold the type information returned by the typeid operator

(b) Used to hold the type information returned by the dynamic_cast

(c) Used to hold the type information returned by the static_cast

(d) Used to hold the type information returned by the static_id

The question was posed to me in examination.

I'd like to ask this question from Run Time Type Information topic in chapter Class Hierarchies, Library & Containers of C++

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Used to hold the type information returned by the typeid operator

The best I can explain: type_info is used to hold the type information returned by the typeid operator.