type_of Alternatives
Safer and better-maintained options, ranked by Nerq Trust Score. Updated 2026-09-14.
type_of has a Nerq Trust Score of 48 (D). Exports a set of macros which can be useful for inspecting the type of various expressions in your code at runtime.
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