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If <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt> is a user-defined iterator, the library-provided default implementation is equivalent to</p> <pre class="last literal-block"> typedef iter::type t; </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="section" id="id442"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#complexity" name="complexity">Complexity</a></h3> <p>Amortized constant time.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="id443"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#example" name="example">Example</a></h3> <pre class="literal-block"> typedef <a href="./vector.html" class="identifier">vector</a><char,short,int,long> types; typedef <a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a><types>::type iter; <a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same< <a href="./deref.html" class="identifier">deref</a><iter>::type, char > )); </pre> </div> <div class="section" id="id444"> <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#see-also" name="see-also">See also</a></h3> <p><a class="reference internal" href="./iterators.html">Iterators</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./begin.html">begin</a> / <a class="reference internal" href="./end.html">end</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./next.html">next</a></p> <!-- Iterators/Iterator Metafunctions//iterator_category |60 --> </div> </div> <div class="footer-separator"></div> <table class="footer"><tr class="footer"><td class="header-group navigation-bar"><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./prior.html" class="navigation-link">Prev</a> <a href="./iterator-category.html" class="navigation-link">Next</a></span><span class="navigation-group-separator"> | </span><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./prior.html" class="navigation-link">Back</a> <a href="./iterator-category.html" class="navigation-link">Along</a></span><span class="navigation-group-separator"> | </span><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./iterator-metafunctions.html" class="navigation-link">Up</a> <a href="../refmanual.html" class="navigation-link">Home</a></span><span class="navigation-group-separator"> | </span><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./refmanual_toc.html" class="navigation-link">Full TOC</a></span></td> <td><div class="copyright-footer"><div class="copyright">Copyright © 2001-2009 Aleksey Gurtovoy and David Abrahams</div> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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