STD::POINTER_TRAITS(3)

💖 std::pointer_traits< _Ptr >(3) — Library Functions Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the glow-up zone ✨ this is a page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's all about std::pointer_traits< _Ptr >, which is literally the "everyone's welcome here" friend group for pointer-ish types 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

std::pointer_traits< _Ptr > — the uniform interface to all pointer-like types. no cap, all of them 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <memory>

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🎀 Public Types 🎀

• using difference_type — the type that represents the difference between two pointers. it's giving "how far apart are we, emotionally" 😭
• using element_type — the type that's being pointed to 👉
• using pointer — the pointer type itself, the main character 👑
• template<typename _Up> using rebind — a pointer to a different type 🦋

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🧚 Static Public Member Functions 🧚

• static pointer pointer_to (element_type &__r) — obtain a pointer to an object 🌈

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💜 Detailed Description 💜

template<typename _Ptr>
struct std::pointer_traits< _Ptr >

Uniform interface to all pointer-like types. periodt.

Since — C++11 ⭐ (yes she's been iconic since 2011, respect the elders)

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🍓 Member Typedef Documentation 🍓

all of these are marked [inherited], because sharing is caring 💕

• template<typename _Ptr, typename _Elt> using std::__ptr_traits_impl< _Ptr, _Elt >::difference_type [inherited] — the type used to represent the difference between two pointers. two pointers, one difference_type, it's giving distance ✌️
• template<typename _Ptr, typename _Elt> using std::__ptr_traits_impl< _Ptr, _Elt >::element_type [inherited] — the type pointed to 🎯
• template<typename _Ptr, typename _Elt> using std::__ptr_traits_impl< _Ptr, _Elt >::pointer [inherited] — the pointer type 💫
• template<typename _Ptr, typename _Elt> template<typename _Up> using std::__ptr_traits_impl< _Ptr, _Elt >::rebind [inherited] — a pointer to a different type. rebranding era, lowkey obsessed 🙈

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🔥 Member Function Documentation 🔥

template<typename _Ptr, typename _Elt, bool = is_void<_Elt>::value> pointer
std::__ptr_traits_ptr_to< _Ptr, _Elt, bool >::pointer_to (element_type & __r)
    [inline],  [static],  [inherited]

Obtain a pointer to an object. that's the whole job bestie, and she does it flawlessly 💅

Parameters

• __r — a reference to an object of type element_type

Returns

• pointer::pointer_to(__r)

Precondition

• pointer::pointer_to(__r) is a valid expression.

⚠️ listen up: that precondition is not a vibe check you can skip. if pointer::pointer_to(__r) isn't a valid expression, we're not doing this. fr fr. 💀

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🌈 Author 🌈

Generated automatically by Doxygen for libstdc++ from the source code. not a human, just a very efficient queen 👑

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