Summary

Let’s summarize ranges in D.

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Chapter summary

  • Ranges abstract data structures from algorithms and allow them to be used with algorithms seamlessly.

  • Ranges are a D concept and are the basis for many features of Phobos.

  • Many Phobos algorithms return lazy range objects to accomplish their special tasks.

  • UFCS works well with range algorithms.

  • When used as InputRange objects, the elements of strings are Unicode characters.

  • InputRange requires empty,front, and popFront().

  • ForwardRange additionally requires save.

  • BidirectionalRange additionally requires back and popBack().

  • Infinite RandomAccessRange requires opIndex() over ForwardRange.

  • Finite RandomAccessRange requires opIndex() and length over BidirectionalRange.

  • std.array.appender returns an OutputRange that appends to slices.

  • Slices are ranges of finite RandomAccessRange

  • Fixed-length arrays are not ranges.

  • The std.range module contains many useful range templates.

  • Some of those templates allow templates to be more capable depending on the capabilities of original ranges.


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