<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 37. Iterators</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /><meta name="keywords" content=" ISO C++ , library " /><link rel="start" href="../spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library Documentation" /><link rel="up" href="extensions.html" title="Part XII. Extensions" /><link rel="prev" href="bk01pt12ch36.html" title="Chapter 36. Numerics" /><link rel="next" href="bk01pt12ch38.html" title="Chapter 38. Input and Output" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 37. Iterators</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bk01pt12ch36.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part XII. Extensions</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bk01pt12ch38.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="manual.ext.iterators"></a>Chapter 37. Iterators</h2></div></div></div><p>24.3.2 describes <code class="code">struct iterator</code>, which didn't exist in theoriginal HP STL implementation (the language wasn't rich enough at thetime). For backwards compatibility, base classes are provided whichdeclare the same nested typedefs:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>input_iterator</p></li><li><p>output_iterator</p></li><li><p>forward_iterator</p></li><li><p>bidirectional_iterator</p></li><li><p>random_access_iterator</p></li></ul></div><p>24.3.4 describes iterator operation <code class="code">distance</code>, which takestwo iterators and returns a result. It is extended by another signaturewhich takes two iterators and a reference to a result. The result ismodified, and the function returns nothing.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bk01pt12ch36.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="extensions.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bk01pt12ch38.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 36. Numerics </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../spine.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 38. Input and Output</td></tr></table></div></body></html>