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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code>
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A type that is a model of <a class="link" href="single_pass_range.html" title="Single Pass Range">Single
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
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Object of type X.
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A range <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">X</span></code> where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> is a model of <a href="../../../../../../libs/iterator/doc/new-iter-concepts.html#singls-pass-iterators-lib-single-pass-iterators" target="_top">Single
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Iterator type
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
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The type of iterator used to iterate through a Range's elements.
The iterator's value type is expected to be the Range's value type.
A conversion from the iterator type to the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">const</span></code>
iterator type must exist.
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Const iterator type
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code>
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A type of iterator that may be used to examine, but not to modify,
a Range's elements.
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The following expressions must be valid.
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Beginning of range
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
is mutable, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span>
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End of range
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
is mutable, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">range_iterator</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">const</span>
<span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">type</span></code> otherwise
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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Returns an iterator pointing to the first element in the Range.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
is either dereferenceable or past-the-end. It is past-the-end if
and only if <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">distance</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">0</span></code>.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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Returns an iterator pointing one past the last element in the Range.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code> is at most amortized linear time, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code> is amortized
constant time. For most practical purposes, one can expect both to be amortized
constant time.
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Valid range
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For any Range <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>,
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">),</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">))</span></code> is a valid range, that is, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
is reachable from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span></code> in a finite number of increments.
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Completeness
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An algorithm that iterates through the range <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">),</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">))</span></code>
will pass through every element of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>.
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