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// HP/SGI iterator extensions -*- C++ -*-

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 *
 * Copyright (c) 1994
 * Hewlett-Packard Company
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/** @file ext/iterator
 *  This file is a GNU extension to the Standard C++ Library (possibly
 *  containing extensions from the HP/SGI STL subset).  You should only
 *  include this header if you are using GCC 3 or later.
 */

#ifndef _EXT_ITERATOR
#define _EXT_ITERATOR

#pragma GCC system_header
#include <bits/concept_check.h>
#include <iterator>

namespace __gnu_cxx
{

  // There are two signatures for distance.  In addition to the one taking
  // two iterators and returning a result, there is another taking two
  // iterators and a reference-to-result variable, and returning nothing.
  // The latter seems to be an SGI extension.   -- pedwards
  template<typename _InputIterator, typename _Distance>
    inline void
    __distance(_InputIterator __first, _InputIterator __last,
	       _Distance& __n, std::input_iterator_tag)
    {
      // concept requirements
      __glibcpp_function_requires(_InputIteratorConcept<_InputIterator>)
      while (__first != __last) { ++__first; ++__n; }
    }

  template<typename _RandomAccessIterator, typename _Distance>
    inline void
    __distance(_RandomAccessIterator __first, _RandomAccessIterator __last, 
	       _Distance& __n, std::random_access_iterator_tag)
    {
      // concept requirements
      __glibcpp_function_requires(_RandomAccessIteratorConcept<_RandomAccessIterator>)
      __n += __last - __first;
    }

  /**
   *  This is an SGI extension.
   *  @ingroup SGIextensions
   *  @doctodo
  */
  template<typename _InputIterator, typename _Distance>
    inline void
    distance(_InputIterator __first, _InputIterator __last,
             _Distance& __n)
    {
      // concept requirements -- taken care of in __distance
      __distance(__first, __last, __n, std::__iterator_category(__first));
    }

} // namespace __gnu_cxx

#endif /* _EXT_ITERATOR */