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Defined in header
template<class T> requires std::is_object_v<T> class empty_view : public ranges::view_interface<empty_view<T>> (1) (since C++20)
namespace views { template<class T> constexpr empty_view<T> empty{}; } (2) (since C++20)
  1. A range factory that produces a view of no elements of a particular type.

  2. Variable template for empty_view.

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[edit] Member functions

begin[static] returns nullptr (public static member function)
end[static] returns nullptr (public static member function)
data[static] returns nullptr (public static member function)
size[static] returns ​0​ (public static member function)
empty[static] returns true (public static member function)
Inherited from std::ranges::view_interface
cbegin(C++23) returns a constant iterator to the beginning of the range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface) [edit]
cend(C++23) returns a sentinel for the constant iterator of the range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface) [edit]
operator bool returns whether the derived view is not empty, provided only if ranges::empty is applicable to it (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface) [edit]
front returns the first element in the derived view, provided if it satisfies forward_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface) [edit]
back returns the last element in the derived view, provided only if it satisfies bidirectional_range and common_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface) [edit]
operator[] returns the nth element in the derived view, provided only if it satisfies random_access_range (public member function of std::ranges::view_interface) [edit]

std::ranges::empty_view::begin

| static constexpr T* begin() noexcept { return nullptr; } | | (since C++20) | | --------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- |

empty_view does not reference any element.

std::ranges::empty_view::end

| static constexpr T* end() noexcept { return nullptr; } | | (since C++20) | | ------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- |

empty_view does not reference any element.

std::ranges::empty_view::data

| static constexpr T* data() noexcept { return nullptr; } | | (since C++20) | | -------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- |

empty_view does not reference any element.

std::ranges::empty_view::size

| static constexpr std::size_t size() noexcept { return 0; } | | (since C++20) | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- |

empty_view is always empty.

std::ranges::empty_view::empty

| static constexpr bool empty() noexcept { return true; } | | (since C++20) | | ------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- |

empty_view is always empty.

[edit] Helper templates

This specialization of ranges::enable_borrowed_range makes empty_view satisfy borrowed_range.

[edit] Notes

Although empty_view obtains front, back, and operator[] member functions from view_interface, calls to them always result in undefined behavior since an empty_view is always empty.

The inherited operator bool conversion function always returns false.

[edit] Example

#include   int main() { namespace ranges = std::ranges;   ranges::empty_view e; static_assert(ranges::empty(e)); // uses operator bool static_assert(0 == e.size()); static_assert(nullptr == e.data()); static_assert(nullptr == e.begin()); static_assert(nullptr == e.end()); static_assert(nullptr == e.cbegin()); static_assert(nullptr == e.cend()); }

[edit] See also