Is it possible to print a variable's type in standard C++?

Question

For example:

int a = 12;
cout << typeof(a) << endl;

Expected output:

int

Answer 1

Note that the names generated by the RTTI feature of C++ is not portable. For example, the class

MyNamespace::CMyContainer

will have the following names:

// MSVC 2003:
class MyNamespace::CMyContainer[int,class test_MyNamespace::CMyObject]
// G++ 4.2:
N8MyNamespace8CMyContainerIiN13test_MyNamespace9CMyObjectEEE

So you can't use this information for serialization. But still, the typeid(a).name() property can still be used for log/debug purposes