Question

Is there a way to do this with some c++11 or at most a boost library?

#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
using namespace std;

template <typename T> class remove_all_pointers{
public:
    typedef T type;
};

template <typename T> class remove_all_pointers<T*>{
public:
    typedef typename remove_all_pointers<T>::type type;
};

int main(){
    //correctly prints 'i' on gcc
    cout<<typeid(remove_all_pointers<int****>::type).name()<<endl;
}

Answer 1

Neither Boost nor C++11 features such a trait template. But your code should work.