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Operator *

Description

Dereferences an iterator.

Synopsis
template<
    typename I
    >
typename result_of::deref<I>::type operator*(unspecified<I> const& i);

Table 1.8. Parameters

Parameter

Requirement

Description

i

Model of Forward Iterator

Operation's argument

Expression Semantics
*i

Return type: Equivalent to the return type of deref(i).

Semantics: Equivalent to deref(i).

Header
#include <boost/fusion/iterator/deref.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/include/deref.hpp>
Example
typedef vector<int,int&> vec;

int i(0);
vec v(1,i);
assert(*begin(v) == 1);
assert(*next(begin(v)) == 0);
assert(&(*next(begin(v))) == &i);

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