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Bidirectional Sequence

Description

A Bidirectional Sequence is a Forward Sequence whose iterators model Bidirectional Iterator.

Refinement of

Forward Sequence

Notation

s

A Forward Sequence

S

A Forward Sequence type

o

An arbitrary object

e

A Sequence element

Valid Expressions

In addition to the requirements defined in Forward Sequence, for any Bidirectional Sequence the following must be met:

Expression

Return type

Type Requirements

Runtime Complexity

begin(s)

Bidirectional Iterator

Constant

end(s)

Bidirectional Iterator

Constant

back(s)

Any type

Constant

back(s) = o

Any type

s is mutable and e = o, where e is the first element in the sequence, is a valid expression.

Constant

Result Type Expressions

Expression

Compile Time Complexity

result_of::begin<S>::type

Amortized constant time

result_of::end<S>::type

Amortized constant time

result_of::back<S>::type

Amortized constant time

Expression Semantics

The semantics of an expression are defined only where they differ from, or are not defined in Forward Sequence.

Expression

Semantics

back(s)

The last element in the sequence; see back.

Models

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