The concept random_access_iterator
refines bidirectional_iterator
by adding support for constant time advancement with the +=
, +
, -=
, and -
operators, constant time computation of distance with -
, and array notation with subscripting []
.
Definition 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 valid iterators of type I
such that b is reachable from a, and let n be a value of type std::iter_difference_t<I> equal to b - a. std::random_access_iterator<I> is modeled only if all the concepts it subsumes are modeled and:
x
and y
, if a + (x + y) is valid, then a + (x + y) is equal to (a + x) + y. Note that std::addressof returns the address of the iterator object, not the address of the object the iterator points to. I.e. operator+=
and operator-=
must return a reference to *this.
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] NotesUnlike the LegacyRandomAccessIterator requirements, the random_access_iterator
concept does not require dereference to return an lvalue.
Demonstrates a possible implementation of std::distance via C++20 concepts.
#include <iterator> namespace cxx20 { template<std::input_or_output_iterator Iter> constexpr std::iter_difference_t<Iter> distance(Iter first, Iter last) { if constexpr(std::random_access_iterator<Iter>) return last - first; else { std::iter_difference_t<Iter> result{}; for (; first != last; ++first) ++result; return result; } } } int main() { static constexpr auto il = {3, 1, 4}; static_assert(std::random_access_iterator<decltype(il.begin())> && cxx20::distance(il.begin(), il.end()) == 3 && cxx20::distance(il.end(), il.begin()) == -3); }[edit] See also
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