Using 'auto' type deduction - how to find out what type the compiler deduced?

Here's a typeid version that uses boost::core::demangle to get the type name at runtime.

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <vector>
using namespace std::literals;

#include <boost/core/demangle.hpp>

template<typename T>
std::string type_str(){ return boost::core::demangle(typeid(T).name()); }

auto main() -> int{
    auto make_vector = [](auto head, auto ... tail) -> std::vector<decltype(head)>{
        return {head, tail...};
    };

    auto i = 1;
    auto f = 1.f;
    auto d = 1.0;
    auto s = "1.0"s;
    auto v = make_vector(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

    std::cout
    << "typeof(i) = " << type_str<decltype(i)>() << '\n'
    << "typeof(f) = " << type_str<decltype(f)>() << '\n'
    << "typeof(d) = " << type_str<decltype(d)>() << '\n'
    << "typeof(s) = " << type_str<decltype(s)>() << '\n'
    << "typeof(v) = " << type_str<decltype(v)>() << '\n'
    << std::endl;
}

Which prints this on my system:

typeof(i) = int
typeof(f) = float
typeof(d) = double
typeof(s) = std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >
typeof(v) = std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> >

A lo-fi trick that doesn't require any prior helper definitions is:

typename decltype(nextTickTime)::_

The compiler will complain that _ isn't a member of whatever type nextTickTime is.

typeid can be used to get the type of variable most of the time. It is compiler dependent and I've seen it give strange results. g++ has RTTI on by default, not sure on the Windows side.

#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <chrono>
#include <ctime>

typedef std::ratio<1, 1> sec;
int main()
{
    auto tickTime = .001;
    std::chrono::duration<double, sec > timePerTick2{0.001};
    auto nextTickTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() + timePerTick2;
    std::cout << typeid(tickTime).name() << std::endl;
    std::cout << typeid(nextTickTime).name() << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

./a.out | c++filt

double
std::__1::chrono::time_point<std::__1::chrono::steady_clock, std::__1::chrono::duration<long long, std::__1::ratio<1l, 1000000000l> > >

I like to use idea from Effective Modern C++ which uses non-implemented template; the type is output with compiler error:

 template<typename T> struct TD;

Now for auto variable var, after its definition add:

 TD<decltype(var)> td;

And watch error message for your compiler, it will contain type of var.