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// Types used in iterator implementation -*- C++ -*-
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/** @file stl_iterator_base_types.h
* This is an internal header file, included by other library headers.
* You should not attempt to use it directly.
*
* This file contains all of the general iterator-related utility types,
* such as iterator_traits and struct iterator.
*/
#ifndef _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H
#define _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H 1
#pragma GCC system_header
#include <bits/c++config.h>
#include <cstddef>
_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std)
/**
* @defgroup iterators Iterators
* Abstractions for uniform iterating through various underlying types.
*/
//@{
/**
* @defgroup iterator_tags Iterator Tags
* These are empty types, used to distinguish different iterators. The
* distinction is not made by what they contain, but simply by what they
* are. Different underlying algorithms can then be used based on the
* different operations supported by different iterator types.
*/
//@{
/// Marking input iterators.
struct input_iterator_tag { };
/// Marking output iterators.
struct output_iterator_tag { };
/// Forward iterators support a superset of input iterator operations.
struct forward_iterator_tag : public input_iterator_tag { };
/// Bidirectional iterators support a superset of forward iterator
/// operations.
struct bidirectional_iterator_tag : public forward_iterator_tag { };
/// Random-access iterators support a superset of bidirectional
/// iterator operations.
struct random_access_iterator_tag : public bidirectional_iterator_tag { };
//@}
/**
* @brief Common %iterator class.
*
* This class does nothing but define nested typedefs. %Iterator classes
* can inherit from this class to save some work. The typedefs are then
* used in specializations and overloading.
*
* In particular, there are no default implementations of requirements
* such as @c operator++ and the like. (How could there be?)
*/
template<typename _Category, typename _Tp, typename _Distance = ptrdiff_t,
typename _Pointer = _Tp*, typename _Reference = _Tp&>
struct iterator
{
/// One of the @link iterator_tags tag types@endlink.
typedef _Category iterator_category;
/// The type "pointed to" by the iterator.
typedef _Tp value_type;
/// Distance between iterators is represented as this type.
typedef _Distance difference_type;
/// This type represents a pointer-to-value_type.
typedef _Pointer pointer;
/// This type represents a reference-to-value_type.
typedef _Reference reference;
};
/**
* @brief Traits class for iterators.
*
* This class does nothing but define nested typedefs. The general
* version simply @a forwards the nested typedefs from the Iterator
* argument. Specialized versions for pointers and pointers-to-const
* provide tighter, more correct semantics.
*/
template<typename _Iterator>
struct iterator_traits
{
typedef typename _Iterator::iterator_category iterator_category;
typedef typename _Iterator::value_type value_type;
typedef typename _Iterator::difference_type difference_type;
typedef typename _Iterator::pointer pointer;
typedef typename _Iterator::reference reference;
};
/// Partial specialization for pointer types.
template<typename _Tp>
struct iterator_traits<_Tp*>
{
typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category;
typedef _Tp value_type;
typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type;
typedef _Tp* pointer;
typedef _Tp& reference;
};
/// Partial specialization for const pointer types.
template<typename _Tp>
struct iterator_traits<const _Tp*>
{
typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category;
typedef _Tp value_type;
typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type;
typedef const _Tp* pointer;
typedef const _Tp& reference;
};
/**
* This function is not a part of the C++ standard but is syntactic
* sugar for internal library use only.
*/
template<typename _Iter>
inline typename iterator_traits<_Iter>::iterator_category
__iterator_category(const _Iter&)
{ return typename iterator_traits<_Iter>::iterator_category(); }
//@}
_GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE
#endif /* _STL_ITERATOR_BASE_TYPES_H */