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| The metafunctions that form the essential interface of sequence `classes`__ |
| documented in the corresponding |sequence concepts| are known as |
| *intrinsic sequence operations*. They differ from generic |
| |sequence algorithms| in that, in general, they need to be implemented |
| from scratch for each new sequence class [#intrinsic]_. |
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| __ `label-Sequences-Classes`_ |
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| It's worth noting that STL counterparts of these metafunctions are |
| usually implemented as member functions. |
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| .. [#intrinsic] In practice, many of intrinsic metafunctions offer a |
| default implementation that will work in majority of cases, given |
| that you've implemented the core functionality they rely on (such |
| as |begin| / |end|). |
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| .. copyright:: Copyright © 2001-2009 Aleksey Gurtovoy and David Abrahams |
| 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) |
