4.1 sdds::typeOf and sdds::typeName

• name:
  sdds::typeOf, sdds::typeName
• description:
  Inspect the active alternative of an SDDS scalar or homogeneous values variant, or obtain the lowercase protocol name for an SDDS type.
• synopsis:
  #include "SDDS.hpp"  
   
  sdds::Type sdds::typeOf(const sdds::Scalar &value) noexcept;  
  sdds::Type sdds::typeOf(const sdds::Values &values) noexcept;  
  std::string_view sdds::typeName(sdds::Type type) noexcept;

• arguments:
  • value — A scalar variant.
  • values — A homogeneous vector variant.
  • type — An SDDS type identifier.
• return value:
  typeOf returns the corresponding sdds::Type. typeName returns the stable SDDS type name, or an empty view for an invalid value.
• see also:
  Section 4.2.