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ForwardIterator
A forward iterator is an iterator that can read through a sequence of values. It is multi-pass (old values of the iterator can be re-used), and can be either mutable (data pointed to by it can be changed) or not mutable.
An iterator represents a position in a sequence. Therefore, the iterator can point into the sequence (returning a value when dereferenced and being incrementable), or be off-the-end (and not dereferenceable or incrementable).
value_type
std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type
The value type of the iterator
category
std::iterator_traits<Iter>::iterator_category
The category of the iterator
i, j
x| Name | Expression | Type | Precondition | Semantics | Postcondition | 
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| Dereference | *i | const-if-not-mutable value_type & | 
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| Member access | i->{member-name} (return type is pointer-to-object type) | const-if-not-mutable value_type * | 
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| Preincrement | ++i | Iter & | 
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| Postincrement | i++ | Iter | 
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