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<h1 class="title">Iterator Traits</h1>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">abstract:</th><td class="field-body">Header <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">&lt;boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp&gt;</span></tt> provides
<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">abstract:</th><td class="field-body">Header <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp&gt;</span></tt> provides
the ability to access an iterator's associated types using
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<h1><a name="overview">Overview</a></h1>
<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">std::iterator_traits</span></tt> provides access to five associated types
of any iterator: its <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">reference</span></tt>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointer</span></tt>,
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt>, and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">difference_type</span></tt>. Unfortunately,
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">std::iterator_traits</span></tt> provides access to five associated types
of any iterator: its <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reference</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointer</span></tt>,
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">difference_type</span></tt>. Unfortunately,
such a &quot;multi-valued&quot; traits template can be difficult to use in a
metaprogramming context. <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">&lt;boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp&gt;</span></tt>
metaprogramming context. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp&gt;</span></tt>
provides access to these types using a standard <a class="reference" href="../../mpl/doc/index.html#metafunctions">metafunctions</a>.</p>
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<h1><a name="summary">Summary</a></h1>
<p>Header <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">&lt;boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp&gt;</span></tt>:</p>
<p>Header <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;boost/iterator/iterator_traits.hpp&gt;</span></tt>:</p>
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template &lt;class Iterator&gt;
struct iterator_value
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<p>On compilers that don't support partial specialization, such as
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or 7.0, you may need to manually invoke
<a class="reference" href="../../type_traits/index.html#transformations">BOOST_BROKEN_COMPILER_TYPE_TRAITS_SPECIALIZATION</a> on the
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt> of pointers that are passed to these metafunctions.</p>
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">value_type</span></tt> of pointers that are passed to these metafunctions.</p>
<p>Because of bugs in the implementation of GCC-2.9x, the name of
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt> is changed to <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category_</span></tt> on that
compiler. A macro, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">BOOST_ITERATOR_CATEGORY</span></tt>, that expands to
either <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt> or <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category_</span></tt>, as
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt> is changed to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category_</span></tt> on that
compiler. A macro, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BOOST_ITERATOR_CATEGORY</span></tt>, that expands to
either <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_category_</span></tt>, as
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