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<p>
In the description of generator expressions, the following notation is
used:
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fwdRng</span></code> is an expression
of a type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">R</span></code> that models
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">biRng</span></code> is an expression
of a type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">R</span></code> that models
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BidirectionalRange</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">rndRng</span></code> is an expression
of a type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">R</span></code> that models
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">RandomAccessRange</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">pred</span></code> is an expression
of a type that models <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">UnaryPredicate</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bi_pred</span></code> is an expression
of a type that models <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BinaryPredicate</span></code>
</li>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fun</span></code> is an expression
of a type that models <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">UnaryFunction</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">value</span></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">new_value</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">old_value</span></code>
are objects convertible to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_value</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">m</span></code> are integer expressions convertible
to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">range_difference</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
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Also note that <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_value</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> must be implicitly convertible to
the type arguments to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">pred</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bi_pred</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fun</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
Range Category in the following adaptor descriptions refers to the minimum
range concept required by the range passed to the adaptor. The resultant
range is a model of the same range concept as the input range unless specified
otherwise.
</p>
<p>
Returned Range Category is the concept of the returned range. In some cases
the returned range is of a lesser category than the range passed to the
adaptor. For example, the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">filtered</span></code>
adaptor returns only a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ForwardRange</span></code>
regardless of the input.
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<p>
Furthermore, the following rules apply to any expression of the form
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">rng</span> <span class="special">|</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">adaptors</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">adaptor_generator</span>
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</p>
<p>
1. Applying <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">|()</span></code>
to a range <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">R</span></code> (always left
argument) and a range adapter <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">RA</span></code>
(always right argument) yields a new range type which may not conform to
the same range concept as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">R</span></code>.
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<p>
2. The return-type of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">|()</span></code> is otherwise unspecified.
</p>
<p>
3. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">|()</span></code>
is found by Argument Dependent Lookup (ADL) because a range adaptor is
implemented in namespace <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">adaptors</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
4. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">|()</span></code>
is used to add new behaviour <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>lazily</strong></span></em></span>
and never modifies its left argument.
</p>
<p>
5. All iterators extracted from the left argument are extracted using qualified
calls to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">()</span></code>
and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
6. In addition to the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">throw</span></code>-clauses
below, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">|()</span></code>
may throw exceptions as a result of copying iterators. If such copying
cannot throw an exception, then neither can the whole expression.
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