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| The term "enclosing type" refers to the type which is being introspected. |
| This type is always a class, struct, or union. |
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| The term "inner xxx", where xxx is some element of the enclosing |
| type, refers to either a type, template, function, or data within the enclosing |
| type. The term "inner element" also refers to any one of these entities |
| in general. |
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| I use the term "nested type" to refer to a type within another type. |
| I use the term "member function" or "member data" to refer |
| to non-static functions or data that are part of the enclosing type. I use |
| the term "static member function" or "static member data" |
| to refer to static functions or data that are part of the enclosing type. I |
| use the term "nested class template" to refer to a class template |
| nested within the enclosing type. |
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| Other terminology may be just as valid for the notion of C++ language elements |
| within a type, but I have chosen these terms to be consistent. |
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| The term "generated metafunction(s)" refers to macro metafunctions |
| which are generated by macros. |
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