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| (C) Copyright Edward Diener 2011 |
| Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. |
| (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at |
| http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt). |
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| [section:tti_terminology Terminology] |
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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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| [endsect] |
