iterator/doc/counting_iterator_ref.rst
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::
template <
class Incrementable
, unsigned Access = use_default_access
, class Traversal = use_default
, class Difference = use_default
>
class counting_iterator
: public iterator_adaptor<
counting_iterator<Incrementable, Access, Traversal, Difference>
, Incrementable
, Incrementable
, Access
, /* see details for traversal category */
, Incrementable const&
, Incrementable const*
, /* distance = Difference or a signed integral type */>
{
friend class iterator_core_access;
public:
counting_iterator();
counting_iterator(counting_iterator const& rhs);
counting_iterator(Incrementable x);
private:
typename counting_iterator::reference dereference() const
{
return this->base_reference();
}
};
[*Note:* implementers are encouraged to provide an implementation of
``distance_to`` and a ``difference_type`` that avoids overflows in
the cases when the ``Incrementable`` type is a numeric type.]
``counting_iterator`` requirements
----------------------------------
The ``Incrementable`` type must be Default Constructible, Copy
Constructible, and Assignable. The default distance is
an implementation defined signed integegral type.
The resulting ``counting_iterator`` models Readable Lvalue Iterator.
Furthermore, if you wish to create a counting iterator that is a Forward
Traversal Iterator, then the following expressions must be valid:
::
Incrementable i, j;
++i // pre-increment
i == j // operator equal
If you wish to create a counting iterator that is a
Bidirectional Traversal Iterator, then pre-decrement is also required:
::
--i
If you wish to create a counting iterator that is a Random Access
Traversal Iterator, then these additional expressions are also
required:
::
counting_iterator::difference_type n;
i += n
n = i - j
i < j
``counting_iterator`` operations
--------------------------------
``counting_iterator();``
:Returns: A default constructed instance of ``counting_iterator``.
``counting_iterator(counting_iterator const& rhs);``
:Returns: An instance of ``counting_iterator`` that is a copy of ``rhs``.
``counting_iterator(Incrementable x);``
:Returns: An instance of ``counting_iterator`` with its base
object copy constructed from ``x``.