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Class template unlimited_storage

boost::histogram::unlimited_storage — Memory-efficient storage for integral counters which cannot overflow.

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/histogram/unlimited_storage.hpp>

template<typename Allocator> 
class unlimited_storage {
public:
  // types
  typedef unspecified const_reference;
  typedef unspecified reference;      
  typedef Allocator   allocator_type; 
  typedef double      value_type;     
  typedef unspecified large_int;      
  typedef unspecified const_iterator; 
  typedef unspecified iterator;       

  // construct/copy/destruct
  explicit unlimited_storage(const allocator_type & = {});
  unlimited_storage(const unlimited_storage &) = default;
  unlimited_storage(unlimited_storage &&) = default;
  template<typename Iterable> explicit unlimited_storage(const Iterable &);
  unlimited_storage & operator=(const unlimited_storage &) = default;
  unlimited_storage & operator=(unlimited_storage &&) = default;
  template<typename Iterable> unlimited_storage & operator=(const Iterable &);

  // public member functions
  allocator_type get_allocator() const;
  void reset(std::size_t);
  std::size_t size() const noexcept;
  reference operator[](std::size_t) noexcept;
  const_reference operator[](std::size_t) const noexcept;
  bool operator==(const unlimited_storage &) const noexcept;
  template<typename Iterable> bool operator==(const Iterable &) const;
  unlimited_storage & operator *=(const double);
  iterator begin() noexcept;
  iterator end() noexcept;
  const_iterator begin() const noexcept;
  const_iterator end() const noexcept;
  template<typename Archive> void serialize(Archive &, unsigned);

  // public data members
  static constexpr bool has_threading_support;
};

Description

This storage provides a no-overflow-guarantee if the counters are incremented with integer weights. It maintains a contiguous array of elemental counters, one for each cell. If an operation is requested which would overflow a counter, the array is replaced with another of a wider integral type, then the operation is executed. The storage uses integers of 8, 16, 32, 64 bits, and then switches to a multiprecision integral type, similar to those in Boost.Multiprecision.

A scaling operation or adding a floating point number triggers a conversion of the elemental counters into doubles, which voids the no-overflow-guarantee.

unlimited_storage public construct/copy/destruct

  1. explicit unlimited_storage(const allocator_type & a = {});
  2. unlimited_storage(const unlimited_storage &) = default;
  3. unlimited_storage(unlimited_storage &&) = default;
  4. template<typename Iterable> explicit unlimited_storage(const Iterable & s);
  5. unlimited_storage & operator=(const unlimited_storage &) = default;
  6. unlimited_storage & operator=(unlimited_storage &&) = default;
  7. template<typename Iterable> unlimited_storage & operator=(const Iterable & s);

unlimited_storage public member functions

  1. allocator_type get_allocator() const;
  2. void reset(std::size_t n);
  3. std::size_t size() const noexcept;
  4. reference operator[](std::size_t i) noexcept;
  5. const_reference operator[](std::size_t i) const noexcept;
  6. bool operator==(const unlimited_storage & x) const noexcept;
  7. template<typename Iterable> bool operator==(const Iterable & iterable) const;
  8. unlimited_storage & operator *=(const double x);
  9. iterator begin() noexcept;
  10. iterator end() noexcept;
  11. const_iterator begin() const noexcept;
  12. const_iterator end() const noexcept;
  13. template<typename Archive> void serialize(Archive & ar, unsigned);

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