The contiguous_iterator
concept refines random_access_iterator
by providing a guarantee the denoted elements are stored contiguously in the memory.
Given an iterator i of a type that models contiguous_iterator
, a sentinel s and a non-negative integer n:
[
i,
s)
, standard library functions can replace it with [
std::to_address(i),
std::to_address(i + ranges::distance(i, s)))
. +
[
â0â,
n)
, standard library functions can replace it with std::to_address(i) +
[
â0â,
std::to_address(i + n))
.This means a program cannot rely on any side effects of dereferencing, incrementing or decrementing a contiguous iterator i, because standard library functions might operate on pointers obtained by std::to_address(i) instead of operating on i directly.
(since C++26) [edit] Iterator concept determinationDefinition of this concept is specified via an exposition-only alias template /*ITER_CONCEPT*/.
In order to determine /*ITER_CONCEPT*/<I>, let ITER_TRAITS<I> denote I if the specialization std::iterator_traits<I> is generated from the primary template, or std::iterator_traits<I> otherwise:
Let a and b be dereferenceable iterators and c be a non-dereferenceable iterator of type I
such that b is reachable from a and c is reachable from b, the type I
models contiguous_iterator
only if all the concepts it subsumes are modeled and all following conditions are satisfied:
Expressions declared in requires expressions of the standard library concepts are required to be equality-preserving (except where stated otherwise).
[edit] Implicit expression variationsA requires expression that uses an expression that is non-modifying for some constant lvalue operand also requires implicit expression variations.
[edit] Notescontiguous_iterator
is modeled by every pointer type to complete object type.
Iterator types in the standard library that are required to satisfy the LegacyContiguousIterator requirements in C++17 are also required to model contiguous_iterator
in C++20.
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior LWG 3607 C++20contiguous_iterator
could have custom
contiguous_iterator
s
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