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template&lt;
typename Sequence
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struct <a href="./empty.html" class="identifier">empty</a>
{
typedef <em>unspecified</em> type;
};
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<p>Returns an <a class="reference internal" href="./integral-constant.html">Integral Constant</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">c</span></tt> such that <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">c::value</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">true</span></tt> if
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#include &lt;<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/empty.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/empty.hpp</a>&gt;
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<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#model-of" name="model-of">Model of</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="./tag-dispatched-metafunction.html">Tag Dispatched Metafunction</a></p>
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<tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Sequence</span></tt></td>
<td><a class="reference internal" href="./forward-sequence.html">Forward Sequence</a></td>
<td>A sequence to test.</td>
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<p>For any <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-sequence.html">Forward Sequence</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">s</span></tt>:</p>
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typedef <a href="./empty.html" class="identifier">empty</a>&lt;s&gt;::type c;
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body">Equivalent to <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">typedef</span> <span class="pre">is_same&lt;</span> <span class="pre"><a href="./begin.html" class="identifier">begin</a>&lt;s&gt;::type,<a href="./end.html" class="identifier">end</a>&lt;s&gt;::type</span> <span class="pre">&gt;::type</span> <span class="pre">c;</span></tt>.</td>
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<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#complexity" name="complexity">Complexity</a></h3>
<p>Amortized constant time.</p>
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typedef <a href="./range-c.html" class="identifier">range_c</a>&lt;int,0,0&gt; empty_range;
typedef <a href="./vector.html" class="identifier">vector</a>&lt;long,float,double&gt; types;
<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>( <a href="./empty.html" class="identifier">empty</a>&lt;empty_range&gt; );
<a href="./assert-not.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_NOT</a>( <a href="./empty.html" class="identifier">empty</a>&lt;types&gt; );
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