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<h1 class="title"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt> and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt></h1>
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<h1 class="title"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt></h1>
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<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Organization:</th>
<td><a class="first last reference" href="http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a></td></tr>
<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Date:</th>
<td>2004-11-01</td></tr>
<td>2005-02-27</td></tr>
<tr><th class="docinfo-name">Copyright:</th>
<td>Copyright David Abrahams 2004.</td></tr>
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<div class="section" id="pointee">
<h2><a name="pointee"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt></a></h2>
<h2><a name="pointee"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt></a></h2>
<p>It turns out to be impossible to come up with a fully-general
algorithm to do determine <em>what-goes-here</em> directly, but it is
possible to require that <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::type</span></tt> is
correct. Naturally, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt> has the same difficulty: it can't
determine the appropriate <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">::type</span></tt> reliably for all
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Dereferenceable</span></tt>s, but it makes very good guesses (it works
possible to require that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::type</span></tt> is
correct. Naturally, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt> has the same difficulty: it can't
determine the appropriate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">::type</span></tt> reliably for all
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Dereferenceable</span></tt>s, but it makes very good guesses (it works
for all pointers, standard and boost smart pointers, and
iterators), and when it guesses wrongly, it can be specialized as
necessary:</p>
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<div class="section" id="indirect-reference">
<h2><a name="indirect-reference"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt></a></h2>
<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference&lt;T&gt;::type</span></tt> is rather more specialized than
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt>, and is meant to be used to forward the result of
<h2><a name="indirect-reference"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt></a></h2>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference&lt;T&gt;::type</span></tt> is rather more specialized than
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt>, and is meant to be used to forward the result of
dereferencing an object of its argument type. Most dereferenceable
types just return a reference to their pointee, but some return
proxy references or return the pointee by value. When that
information is needed, call on <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt>.</p>
information is needed, call on <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt>.</p>
<p>Both of these templates are essential to the correct functioning of
<a class="reference" href="indirect_iterator.html"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt></a>.</p>
<a class="reference" href="indirect_iterator.html"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_iterator</span></tt></a>.</p>
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<h1><a name="reference">Reference</a></h1>
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<h2><a name="id1"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt></a></h2>
<h2><a name="id1"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt></a></h2>
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typedef /* see below */ type;
};
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Otherwise <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::value_type</span></tt> shall
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Dereferenceable::element_type</span></tt> shall be an accessible type.
Otherwise <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::value_type</span></tt> shall
be well formed. [Note: These requirements need not apply to
explicit or partial specializations of <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt>]</td>
explicit or partial specializations of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee</span></tt>]</td>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">type</span></tt> is determined according to the following algorithm, where
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> is an object of type <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Dereferenceable</span></tt>:</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">type</span></tt> is determined according to the following algorithm, where
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if ( ++x is ill-formed )
{
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<div class="section" id="id2">
<h2><a name="id2"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt></a></h2>
<h2><a name="id2"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt></a></h2>
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typedef /* see below */ type;
};
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is well-formed. If <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">++x</span></tt> is ill-formed it shall neither be
<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Requires:</th><td class="field-body">For an object <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> of type <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Dereferenceable</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">*x</span></tt>
is well-formed. If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">++x</span></tt> is ill-formed it shall neither be
ambiguous nor shall it violate access control, and
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">pointee&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::type&amp;</span></tt> shall be well-formed.
Otherwise <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::reference</span></tt> shall
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pointee&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::type&amp;</span></tt> shall be well-formed.
Otherwise <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">iterator_traits&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::reference</span></tt> shall
be well formed. [Note: These requirements need not apply to
explicit or partial specializations of <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt>]</td>
explicit or partial specializations of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">indirect_reference</span></tt>]</td>
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">type</span></tt> is determined according to the following algorithm, where
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> is an object of type <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Dereferenceable</span></tt>:</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">type</span></tt> is determined according to the following algorithm, where
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if ( ++x is ill-formed )
return ``pointee&lt;Dereferenceable&gt;::type&amp;``
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