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+// Copyright 2013-2014 Antony Polukhin
+
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+// (See the accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt
+// or a copy at <http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt>.)
+
+//[type_index_derived_example
+/*`
+    The following example shows that `type_info` is able to store the real type, successfully getting through
+    all the inheritances.
+
+    Example works with and without RTTI."
+*/
+
+#include <boost/type_index.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_index/runtime_cast/register_runtime_class.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+struct A {
+    BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS
+    virtual ~A(){}
+};
+struct B: public A { BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS };
+struct C: public B { BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_CLASS };
+struct D: public C { BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_RUNTIME_CLASS(BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_NO_BASE_CLASS) };
+
+void print_real_type(const A& a) {
+    std::cout << boost::typeindex::type_id_runtime(a).pretty_name() << '\n';
+}
+
+int main() {
+    C c;
+    const A& c_as_a = c;
+    print_real_type(c_as_a);    // Outputs `struct C`
+    print_real_type(B());       // Outputs `struct B`
+
+/*`
+    It's also possible to use type_id_runtime with the BOOST_TYPE_INDEX_REGISTER_RUNTIME_CLASS, which adds additional
+    information for runtime_cast to work.
+*/
+    D d;
+    const A& d_as_a = d;
+    print_real_type(d_as_a);    // Outputs `struct D`
+
+}
+
+//] [/type_index_derived_example]