Comparing types with Swift

Question

I'm looking to do something like the following, but when I try to see if b == Test.self I get the error "Any class is not convertible to MirrorDisposition". How can I checked to see if a Type is equal to another type?

class Test {  }  var a = Test.self  var b : AnyClass = a  if(b == Test.self) {     println("yes") } else {     println("no") } 

Answer 1

Use the "identical to" operator ===:

if b === Test.self {     print("yes") } else {     print("no") } 

This works because the type of a class is itself a class object and can therefore be compared with ===.

It won't work with structs. Perhaps someone has a better answer that works for all Swift types.

Answer 2

if b.isKindOfClass(Test) {     println("yes") } else {     println("no") } 

Edit: Swift 3

if b.isKind(of: Test.self) {     print("yes") } else {     print("no") } 

try it :)