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Add contiguous iterator utilities. How about
is_contiguous_iterator
andas_contiguous_range
:CPP_template(typename I, typename S)( requires RandomAccessIterator<I> && SizedSentinel<S, I> && is_contiguous_iterator<I>()) subrange<std::add_pointer_t<iter_reference_t<I>>> as_contiguous_range(I begin, S end) { if(begin == end) return {nullptr, nullptr}; else return {addressof(*begin), addressof(*begin) + (end - begin)}; }
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Longer-term goals:
- Make
inplace_merge
work with forward iterators - Make the sorting algorithms work with forward iterators
- Make
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Maybe iterators are not necessarily countable. Is there a relation between the ability to be able to subtract two iterators to find the distance, and with the existence of a DistanceType associated type? Think of:
- counted iterators (subtractable regardless of traversal category)
- repeat_view iterators (not subtractable but could be random access otherwise)
- infinite ranges (only countable with an infinite precision integer which we lack)