I am trying to run a project where boost::typeindex::type_id<>().pretty_name() is used to transform the classname to a string, to register it in a factory.

For example class A should transform to "A", class B to "B", etc.

This is working in a Linux gcc environment by using boost::typeindex::type_id<A>().pretty_name().

When I try to run the project in Windows with MSVC 14 and Boost 1.78.0 however class names are transformed in this way:

class A transforms to "class A", class B transforms to "class B", and so on...

Is this because of the OS differences or the compiler differences or some boost parameters or boost version differences?

CodePudding user response：

Boost’s docs state this library is just a wrapper for std::type_info which is purely implementation-dependent, notice how the example on cppreference corresponds to your case.