Re: what is difference_type?

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Thanks for your prompt response, that was very helpful.

Have a good one.

John V Shahid wrote:
> It is the type used to represent the difference between two iterators of
> the same type. Usually it is ptr_diff for regular c/c++ pointers, since
> they are considered random access iterators and there's a specialized
> iterator_traits for them(i mean pointers).
>
> On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 05:58 -0800, jalqadir@gmail.com wrote:
> > Does anyone know what is the value of ' _Iterator::difference_type ' as
> > it is stated in:
> > 'std::iterator_traits' i.e. typedef _Iterator::difference_type
> > difference_type.
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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>                                                           John V. Shahid