An empty class is a class that stores no data, either cv-qualified or not.
is_empty identifies as such all classes (declared with class or struct, but no union) that fulfill all of the following:
has no non-static members other than bit-fields of length 0,
has no virtual functions and no virtual base class, and
has no base class for which is_empty is false_type.
// is_empty example
#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
struct A { };
struct B { void fn(){} };
struct C { int x; };
int main() {
std::cout << std::boolalpha;
std::cout << "is_empty:" << std::endl;
std::cout << "int: " << std::is_empty<int>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << "A: " << std::is_empty<A>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << "B: " << std::is_empty<B>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << "C: " << std::is_empty<C>::value << std::endl;
return 0;
}
is_empty:
int: false
A: true
B: true
C: false
class Person3
{
public:
void x() {
}
};
bool sa2 = std::is_empty_v<Person3>;
bool sa3 = std::is_empty<Person3>();
sa2 = true
sa3 = true