Iterator 是 STL 的基础,STL 算法都是基于 iterator。本文基于 gcc-12.2 分析了迭代器实现。
1、iterator_tag
iterator_tag 标记了 iterator 的类型。
/// Marking input iterators.
struct input_iterator_tag { };
/// Marking output iterators.
struct output_iterator_tag { };
/// Forward iterators support a superset of input iterator operations.
struct forward_iterator_tag : public input_iterator_tag { };
/// Bidirectional iterators support a superset of forward iterator
/// operations.
struct bidirectional_iterator_tag : public forward_iterator_tag { };
/// Random-access iterators support a superset of bidirectional
/// iterator operations.
struct random_access_iterator_tag : public bidirectional_iterator_tag { };
2、iterator 基类
每个 iterator 都必须提供以下 5 中数据类型
- iterator_category
- value_type
- difference_type
- pointer
- reference
template<typename _Category, typename _Tp, typename _Distance = ptrdiff_t,
typename _Pointer = _Tp*, typename _Reference = _Tp&>
struct _GLIBCXX17_DEPRECATED iterator
{
/// One of the @link iterator_tags tag types@endlink.
typedef _Category iterator_category;
/// The type "pointed to" by the iterator.
typedef _Tp value_type;
/// Distance between iterators is represented as this type.
typedef _Distance difference_type;
/// This type represents a pointer-to-value_type.
typedef _Pointer pointer;
/// This type represents a reference-to-value_type.
typedef _Reference reference;
};
3、iterator_traits
iterator_traits 是为了兼容原生指针(原生指针没有定义上述 5 中数据类型)
template<typename _Iterator>
struct __iterator_traits<_Iterator,
__void_t<typename _Iterator::iterator_category,
typename _Iterator::value_type,
typename _Iterator::difference_type,
typename _Iterator::pointer,
typename _Iterator::reference>>
{
typedef typename _Iterator::iterator_category iterator_category;
typedef typename _Iterator::value_type value_type;
typedef typename _Iterator::difference_type difference_type;
typedef typename _Iterator::pointer pointer;
typedef typename _Iterator::reference reference;
};
template<typename _Iterator>
struct iterator_traits
: public __iterator_traits<_Iterator> { };
iterator_traits 使用偏特化的方法,对于原生指针,也定义了 Iterator 的 5 中数据类型。
template<typename _Tp>
struct iterator_traits<_Tp*>
{
typedef random_access_iterator_tag iterator_category;
typedef _Tp value_type;
typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type;
typedef _Tp*