How to print the return type of a function in Visual Studio 2008 (C++)?

Question

Imagine you have a function, if you hover over it with the mouse in visual studio you'll get the function prototype. Is it possible to print to the screen the return type of this function ?

This is a practical question, not a programming one. Does the functionality exist in VS ?

Answer 1

Why would you want to do this? Is this function a template and you don't know its return type at runtime?

template <typename T>
T dostuff () 
{
    //does stuff
    cout << typeid(T).name();
    return T;
}

Answer 2

I don't know a direct way, but here's a workaround that is relatively easy.

1. Right click on the function name.
2. Choose either "Go to definition" or "Go to declaration".
3. Select/copy the return type using standard copy/paste features.