std::ranges::views::common, std::ranges::common_view

 

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Ranges library

Range access begin cbegin   end cend rbegin crbegin   rend crend size ssize   data cdata reserve_hint (C++26)   empty

Range conversions std::from_range_t std::from_range (C++23)(C++23)     to (C++23)

Dangling iterator handling dangling borrowed_iterator_t borrowed_subrange_t

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range_size_trange_difference_trange_value_t elements_of (C++23)	iterator_tconst_iterator_tsentinel_tconst_sentinel_t (C++23)(C++23)	range_reference_trange_const_reference_trange_rvalue_reference_trange_common_reference_t (C++23)

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range borrowed_range    common_range	sized_range viewable_range    view	input_range output_range forward_range	bidirectional_range    random_access_range contiguous_range	approximately_sized_range (C++26) constant_range (C++23)

Views
view_interface	subrange

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empty_viewviews::empty	single_viewviews::single	basic_istream_viewviews::istream	iota_viewviews::iota	repeat_viewviews::repeat (C++23)(C++23)

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views::all_tviews::all as_rvalue_viewviews::as_rvalue (C++23)(C++23)   filter_viewviews::filter transform_viewviews::transform take_viewviews::take take_while_viewviews::take_while common_viewviews::common views::counted as_input_viewviews::as_input (C++26)(C++26)	ref_view drop_viewviews::drop drop_while_viewviews::drop_while lazy_split_viewviews::lazy_split split_viewviews::split join_viewviews::join join_with_viewviews::join_with (C++23)(C++23)   concat_viewviews::concat (C++26)(C++26) cache_latest_viewviews::cache_latest (C++26)(C++26)	owning_view reverse_viewviews::reverse as_const_viewviews::as_const (C++23)(C++23) elements_viewviews::elements keys_viewviews::keys values_viewviews::values enumerate_viewviews::enumerate (C++23)(C++23) zip_viewviews::zip (C++23)(C++23) zip_transform_viewviews::zip_transform (C++23)(C++23)	adjacent_viewviews::adjacent (C++23)(C++23) views::pairwise (C++23) adjacent_transform_viewviews::adjacent_transform (C++23)(C++23) views::pairwise_transform (C++23) chunk_viewviews::chunk (C++23)(C++23) slide_viewviews::slide (C++23)(C++23) chunk_by_viewviews::chunk_by (C++23)(C++23) stride_viewviews::stride (C++23)(C++23) cartesian_product_viewviews::cartesian_product (C++23)(C++23)

Range generators std::generator (C++23)

Range adaptor closure objects range_adaptor_closure (C++23)

Range adaptor objects

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copyable-box movable-box (until C++23)  (C++23)	simple-view non-propagating-cache

 

std::ranges::common_view

Member functions

common_view::common_view

common_view::base

common_view::begin

common_view::end

common_view::size

common_view::reserve_hint (C++26)

Deduction guides

 

Defined in header <ranges>
template< ranges::view V > requires (not ranges::common_range<V> and std::copyable<ranges::iterator_t<V>>) class common_view : public ranges::view_interface<common_view<V>>	(1)	(since C++20)
namespace views { inline constexpr /* unspecified */ common = /* unspecified */; }	(2)	(since C++20)
Call signature
template< ranges::viewable_range R > requires /* see below */ constexpr ranges::view auto common( R&& r );		(since C++20)

1) Adapts a given view with different types for iterator/sentinel pair into a view that is also a common_range. A common_view always has the same iterator/sentinel type.

2) RangeAdaptorObject. Let e be a subexpression. Then the expression views::common(e) is expression-equivalent to:

• views::all(e), if it is a well-formed expression and decltype((e)) models common_range;
• common_view{e} otherwise.

Data members

Member	Description
V base_ (private)	the underlying view (exposition-only member object*)

Member functions

(constructor)	constructs a common_view (public member function)
base	returns a copy of the underlying (adapted) view (public member function)
begin	returns an iterator to the beginning (public member function)
end	returns an iterator to the end (public member function)
size	returns the number of elements, provided only if the underlying (adapted) range satisfies sized_range (public member function)
reserve_hint (C++26)	returns the approximate size of the resulting approximately_sized_range (public member function)
Inherited from ranges::view_interface
empty	returns whether the derived view is empty, provided only if it satisfies sized_range or forward_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
cbegin (C++23)	returns a constant iterator to the beginning of the range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
cend (C++23)	returns a sentinel for the constant iterator of the range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
operator bool	returns whether the derived view is not empty, provided only if ranges::empty is applicable to it (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
data	gets the address of derived view's data, provided only if its iterator type satisfies contiguous_iterator (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
front	returns the first element in the derived view, provided if it satisfies forward_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
back	returns the last element in the derived view, provided only if it satisfies bidirectional_range and common_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)
operator[]	returns the nth element in the derived view, provided only if it satisfies random_access_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface<D>)

Helper templates

template< class T > constexpr bool enable_borrowed_range<std::ranges::common_view<T>> = ranges::enable_borrowed_range<T>;		(since C++20)

This specialization of ranges::enable_borrowed_range makes common_view satisfy borrowed_range when the underlying view satisfies it.

Notes

common_view can be useful for working with legacy algorithms that expect the iterator and sentinel are of the same type.

Example

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#include <initializer_list>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <numeric>
#include <ranges>

int main()
{
    auto v1 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    auto i1 = std::counted_iterator{v1.begin(), std::ssize(v1)};
    auto r1 = std::ranges::subrange{i1, std::default_sentinel};
//  auto e1 = std::accumulate(r1.begin(), r1.end(), 0); // error: "common range" required
    auto c1 = std::ranges::common_view{r1};
    std::cout << "accumulate: " << std::accumulate(c1.begin(), c1.end(), 0) << '\n';

    // inherited from ranges::view_interface:
    std::cout << "c1.front(): " << c1.front() << '\n';
    std::cout << "c1.back(): " << c1.back() << '\n';
    std::cout << "c1.data(): " << c1.data() << '\n';
    std::cout << "c1[0]: " << c1[0] << '\n';

    auto v2 = std::list{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
    auto i2 = std::counted_iterator{v2.begin(), std::ssize(v2)};
    auto r2 = std::ranges::subrange{i2, std::default_sentinel};
//  auto e2 = std::accumulate(r2.begin(), r2.end(), 0); // error: "common range" required
    auto c2 = std::ranges::common_view{ r2 };
    std::cout << "accumulate: " << std::accumulate(c2.begin(), c2.end(), 0) << '\n';

    // inherited from ranges::view_interface:
    std::cout << "c2.front(): " << c2.front() << '\n';
//  auto e3 = c2.back(); // error: "bidirectional range" required
//  auto e4 = c2.data(); // error: "contiguous range" required
//  auto e5 = c2[0];     // error: "random access range" required
}

Possible output:

accumulate: 15
c1.front(): 1
c1.back(): 5
c1.data(): 0x7f19937f00d0
c1[0]: 1
accumulate: 15
c2.front(): 1

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3494	C++20	common_view was never a borrowed_range	it is a borrowed_range if its underlying view is

See also

ranges::common_range (C++20)	specifies that a range has identical iterator and sentinel types (concept)
common_iterator (C++20)	adapts an iterator type and its sentinel into a common iterator type (class template)