23 Iterators library [iterators]

23.3 Iterator requirements [iterator.requirements]

23.3.4 Iterator concepts [iterator.concepts]

23.3.4.14 Concept contiguous_­iterator [iterator.concept.contiguous]

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The contiguous_­iterator concept provides a guarantee that the denoted elements are stored contiguously in memory.
template<class I>
  concept contiguous_iterator =
    random_access_iterator<I> &&
    derived_from<ITER_CONCEPT(I), contiguous_iterator_tag> &&
    is_lvalue_reference_v<iter_reference_t<I>> &&
    same_as<iter_value_t<I>, remove_cvref_t<iter_reference_t<I>>> &&
    requires(const I& i) {
      { to_address(i) } -> same_as<add_pointer_t<iter_reference_t<I>>>;
    };
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Let a and b be dereferenceable iterators and c be a non-dereferenceable iterator of type I such that b is reachable from a and c is reachable from b, and let D be iter_­difference_­t<I>.
The type I models contiguous_­iterator only if
  • (2.1)
    to_­address(a) == addressof(*a),
  • (2.2)
    to_­address(b) == to_­address(a) + D(b - a), and
  • (2.3)
    to_­address(c) == to_­address(a) + D(c - a).