dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at: dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_rtti.html dnl AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_RTTI], [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports Run-Time Type Identification, ac_cv_cxx_rtti, [AC_LANG_SAVE AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include class Base { public : Base () {} virtual int f () { return 0; } }; class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual int f () { return 1; } }; ],[Derived d; Base *ptr = &d; return typeid (*ptr) == typeid (Derived); ], ac_cv_cxx_rtti=yes, ac_cv_cxx_rtti=no) AC_LANG_RESTORE ]) if test "$ac_cv_cxx_rtti" = yes; then AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RTTI,, [define if the compiler supports Run-Time Type Identification]) fi ])