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| 16 | <a class="target" id="label-iterators" name="label-iterators"></a><p>Iterators are generic means of addressing a particular element or a range |
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| 17 | of sequential elements in a sequence. They are also a mechanism that makes |
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| 19 | implementations</a>. Under the hood, all MPL sequence algorithms are |
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| 20 | implemented in terms of iterators. In particular, that means that they |
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| 21 | will work on any custom compile-time sequence, given that the appropriate |
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| 22 | iterator inteface is provided.</p> |
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