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diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qxptype_traits.h b/src/corelib/global/qxptype_traits.h
index 7da0478583..d1641e1d0d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qxptype_traits.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qxptype_traits.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2020 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Marc Mutz <marc.mutz@kdab.com>
+// Copyright (C) 2023 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Marc Mutz <marc.mutz@kdab.com>, Giuseppe D'Angelo <giuseppe.dangelo@kdab.com>
// Copyright (C) 2022 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#define QXPTYPE_TRAITS_H
#include <QtCore/qtconfigmacros.h>
+#include <QtCore/qcompilerdetection.h>
#include <type_traits>
@@ -55,6 +56,63 @@ using is_detected = typename _detail::detector<qxp::nonesuch, void, Op, Args...>
template <template <typename...> class Op, typename...Args>
constexpr inline bool is_detected_v = is_detected<Op, Args...>::value;
+
+// qxp::is_virtual_base_of_v<B, D> is true if and only if B is a virtual base class of D.
+// Just like is_base_of:
+// * only works on complete types;
+// * B and D must be class types;
+// * ignores cv-qualifications;
+// * B may be inaccessibile.
+
+namespace _detail {
+ // Check that From* can be converted to To*, ignoring accessibility.
+ // This can be done using a C cast (see [expr.cast]/4).
+QT_WARNING_PUSH
+QT_WARNING_DISABLE_GCC("-Wold-style-cast")
+QT_WARNING_DISABLE_CLANG("-Wold-style-cast")
+ template <typename From, typename To>
+ using is_virtual_base_conversion_test = decltype(
+ (To *)std::declval<From *>()
+ );
+QT_WARNING_POP
+
+ template <typename Base, typename Derived, typename = void>
+ struct is_virtual_base_of : std::false_type {};
+
+ template <typename Base, typename Derived>
+ struct is_virtual_base_of<
+ Base, Derived,
+ std::enable_if_t<
+ std::conjunction_v<
+ // Base is a base class of Derived.
+ std::is_base_of<Base, Derived>,
+
+ // Check that Derived* can be converted to Base*, ignoring
+ // accessibility. If this is possible, then Base is
+ // an unambiguous base of Derived (=> virtual bases are always
+ // unambiguous).
+ qxp::is_detected<is_virtual_base_conversion_test, Derived, Base>,
+
+ // Check that Base* can _not_ be converted to Derived*,
+ // again ignoring accessibility. This seals the deal:
+ // if this conversion cannot happen, it means that Base is an
+ // ambiguous base and/or it is a virtual base.
+ // But we have already established that Base is an unambiguous
+ // base, hence: Base is a virtual base.
+ std::negation<
+ qxp::is_detected<is_virtual_base_conversion_test, Base, Derived>
+ >
+ >
+ >
+ > : std::true_type {};
+}
+
+template <typename Base, typename Derived>
+using is_virtual_base_of = _detail::is_virtual_base_of<std::remove_cv_t<Base>, std::remove_cv_t<Derived>>;
+
+template <typename Base, typename Derived>
+constexpr inline bool is_virtual_base_of_v = is_virtual_base_of<Base, Derived>::value;
+
} // namespace qxp
QT_END_NAMESPACE