C++ Professional Game Engine Programming
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C++ Type Erasure on the Stack

Type erasure is extremely useful for generic programming. The C++ standard library classes for doing this are slow to use, as is runtime-polymorphism. Here we develop our own classes for type erasure.

Articles in this series

C++ Type Erasure on the Stack - Part I

Apr 12, 202311 min read

Type erasure is where the type of an object is hidden so that the object can be utilized in a type-independent manner. Type erasure is extremely...

C++ Type Erasure on the Stack - Part I

C++ Type Erasure on the Stack - Part II

Apr 13, 202310 min read

In Part I of this blog series, we covered how to get a string with our type name, how to safely store type-erased objects, and how to handle trivial...

C++ Type Erasure on the Stack - Part II

C++ Type Erasure on the Stack - Part III

Apr 14, 202316 min read

In Part I of this blog series, we covered how to convert our type name to a string, how to safely store type-erased objects, and how to handle trivial...

C++ Type Erasure on the Stack - Part III