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15 | <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./intrinsic-metafunctions.html#id1428">begin</a></h1> | |
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17 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#synopsis" name="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h3> | |
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19 | template< | |
20 | typename X | |
21 | > | |
22 | struct <a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a> | |
23 | { | |
24 | typedef <em>unspecified</em> type; | |
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29 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#description" name="description">Description</a></h3> | |
30 | <p>Returns an iterator that points to the first element of the sequence. If | |
31 | the argument is not a <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-sequence.html">Forward Sequence</a>, returns <a class="reference internal" href="./void.html">void_</a>.</p> | |
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34 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#header" name="header">Header</a></h3> | |
35 | <pre class="literal-block"> | |
36 | #include <<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/begin_end.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/begin_end.hpp</a>> | |
37 | </pre> | |
38 | </div> | |
39 | <div class="section" id="id205"> | |
40 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#model-of" name="model-of">Model of</a></h3> | |
41 | <p><a class="reference internal" href="./tag-dispatched-metafunction.html">Tag Dispatched Metafunction</a></p> | |
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58 | <tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">X</span></tt></td> | |
59 | <td>Any type</td> | |
60 | <td>A type whose begin iterator, if any, will be | |
61 | returned.</td> | |
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65 | </div> | |
66 | <div class="section" id="id207"> | |
67 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-semantics" name="expression-semantics">Expression semantics</a></h3> | |
68 | <p>For any arbitrary type <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt>:</p> | |
69 | <pre class="literal-block"> | |
70 | typedef <a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a><x>::type first; | |
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78 | <tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body">If <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> is a <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-sequence.html">Forward Sequence</a>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">first</span></tt> is an iterator pointing to the | |
79 | first element of <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">s</span></tt>; otherwise <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">first</span></tt> is <a class="reference internal" href="./void.html">void_</a>.</td> | |
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87 | <div class="section" id="id208"> | |
88 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#complexity" name="complexity">Complexity</a></h3> | |
89 | <p>Amortized constant time.</p> | |
90 | </div> | |
91 | <div class="section" id="id209"> | |
92 | <h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#example" name="example">Example</a></h3> | |
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94 | typedef <a href="./vector.html" class="identifier">vector</a>< unsigned char,unsigned short, | |
95 | unsigned int,unsigned long > unsigned_types; | |
96 | ||
97 | typedef <a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a><unsigned_types>::type iter; | |
98 | <a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same< <a href="./deref.html" class="identifier">deref</a><iter>::type, unsigned char > )); | |
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100 | <a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same< <a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a><int>::type, <a href="./void.html" class="identifier">void_</a> > )); | |
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