23 Iterators library [iterators]

23.3 Iterator requirements [iterator.requirements]

23.3.4 Iterator concepts [iterator.concepts]

23.3.4.1 General [iterator.concepts.general]

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For a type I, let ITER_­TRAITS(I) denote the type I if iterator_­traits<I> names a specialization generated from the primary template.
Otherwise, ITER_­TRAITS(I) denotes iterator_­traits<I>.
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[ Note
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ITER_­TRAITS enables independent syntactic determination of an iterator's category and concept.
— end note
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[ Example
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struct I {
  using value_type = int;
  using difference_type = int;

  int operator*() const;
  I& operator++();
  I operator++(int);
  I& operator--();
  I operator--(int);

  bool operator==(I) const;
  bool operator!=(I) const;
};
iterator_­traits<I>​::​iterator_­category denotes input_­iterator_­tag, and ITER_­CONCEPT(I) denotes random_­access_­iterator_­tag.
— end example
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