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Constant buffer sequence requirements

In the table below, X denotes a class containing objects of type T, a denotes a value of type X and u denotes an identifier.

Table 5. ConstBufferSequence requirements

expression

return type

assertion/note
pre/post-condition

X::value_type

T

T meets the requirements for ConvertibleToConstBuffer.

X::const_iterator

iterator type pointing to T

const_iterator meets the requirements for bidirectional iterators (C++ Std, 24.1.4).

X(a);

post: equal_const_buffer_seq(a, X(a)) where the binary predicate equal_const_buffer_seq is defined as

bool equal_const_buffer_seq(
  const X& x1, const X& x2)
{
  return
    distance(x1.begin(), x1.end())
      == distance(x2.begin(), x2.end())
        && equal(x1.begin(), x1.end(),
                 x2.begin(), equal_buffer);
}

and the binary predicate equal_buffer is defined as

bool equal_buffer(
  const X::value_type& v1,
  const X::value_type& v2)
{
  const_buffer b1(v1);
  const_buffer b2(v2);
  return
    buffer_cast<const void*>(b1)
      == buffer_cast<const void*>(b2)
        && buffer_size(b1) == buffer_size(b2);
}

X u(a);

post:

distance(a.begin(), a.end())
  == distance(u.begin(), u.end())
    && equal(a.begin(), a.end(),
             u.begin(), equal_buffer)

where the binary predicate equal_buffer is defined as

bool equal_buffer(
  const X::value_type& v1,
  const X::value_type& v2)
{
  const_buffer b1(v1);
  const_buffer b2(v2);
  return
    buffer_cast<const void*>(b1)
      == buffer_cast<const void*>(b2)
        && buffer_size(b1) == buffer_size(b2);
}

(&a)->~X();

void

note: the destructor is applied to every element of a; all the memory is deallocated.

a.begin();

const_iterator or convertible to const_iterator

a.end();

const_iterator or convertible to const_iterator



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