[/ Copyright 2007 John Maddock. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt). ] [section:has_virtual_destructor has_virtual_destructor] template struct has_virtual_destructor : public __tof {}; __inherit If T is a (possibly cv-qualified) type with a virtual destructor then inherits from __true_type, otherwise inherits from __false_type. __compat There is currently no way to portably implement this trait: the default version always inherits from __false_type, and has to be explicitly specialized for types with virtual destructors unless the compiler used has compiler __intrinsics that enable the trait to do the right thing: Currently (June 2015) compilers more recent than Visual C++ 8, GCC-4.3, Greenhills 6.0, Intel-11.0, plus Codegear and Clang have the necessary compiler __intrinsics to ensure that this trait "just works". You may also test to see if the necessary __intrinsics are available by checking to see if the macro `BOOST_HAS_VIRTUAL_DESTRUCTOR` is defined. __std_ref 12.4. __header ` #include ` or ` #include ` [endsect]