std::experi...:operator*,(3)

okay so bestie, welcome to std::experi...:operator*,(3) from the C++ Standard Libary manual ✨ — yes, that’s the manual name right up top, and we’re folding it in here so you don’t have to squint at the header line 💅. This page is all about the std::experimental::propagate_const operators for dereferencing and arrow access, and it is short but highkey important 🫶.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

The NAME entry is literally this, comma and all:

std::experimental::propagate_const::operator*, -
std::experimental::propagate_const::operator*,

No cap, we are keeping the whole thing exactly as it appears 💖.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here are the four overloads, and yes, every one of them is tagged library fundamentals TS v2 🧚:

1. constexpr element_type& operator*(); — (1) (library fundamentals TS v2)
2. constexpr const element_type& operator*() const; — (2) (library fundamentals TS v2)
3. constexpr element_type* operator->(); — (3) (library fundamentals TS v2)
4. constexpr const element_type* operator->() const; — (4) (library fundamentals TS v2)

These functions provide access to the object pointed to by the pointer-like object *this wraps 🌈.

🚨 undefined behavior alert: the behavior of these functions is undefined if get() == nullptr. Like, that is not a vibe, bestie — do not do it 😭💀.

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• (none) — literally none, bestie, it’s giving “no arguments needed” 💅.

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🦋 RETURN VALUE 🦋

1. 1,2) The object pointed to by the wrapped pointer-like object, i.e., *get() 💖
2. 3,4) A pointer to the object pointed to by the wrapped pointer-like object, i.e., get() ⭐

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🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

This section is incomplete Reason: no example

It’s literally giving “no example yet” 😭 — that’s what the page says, and we are not inventing one, periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• get — returns a pointer to the object pointed to by the wrapped pointer (public member function) 💜

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🏷️ CATEGORY 🏷️

Category: * Todo no example

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mwah 💋 that’s the whole page, bestie. Source/version and date from the footer: http://cppreference.com and 2024.06.10, with the title still being std::experi...:operator*,(3) 🌈✨. Now go forth and access your wrapped object responsibly 🫶👑