std::ranges::view_interface<D>::empty

 

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Ranges library

Range access
begin cbegin end cend	rbegin crbegin rend crend	size ssize data cdata	empty
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to (C++23)
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range_size_trange_difference_t range_value_t	range_reference_trange_const_reference_trange_rvalue_reference_t   (C++23)	iterator_tconst_iterator_tsentinel_t (C++23)
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dangling	borrowed_iterator_t	borrowed_subrange_t
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range borrowed_range    sized_range constant_range (C++23)	common_range view viewable_range	input_range output_range forward_range	bidirectional_range random_access_range contiguous_range
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view_interface	subrange
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empty_viewviews::empty iota_viewviews::iota	single_viewviews::single basic_istream_viewviews::istream	repeat_viewviews::repeat (C++23)(C++23)
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ref_view views::all_tviews::all common_viewviews::common owning_view views::counted reverse_viewviews::reverse zip_viewviews::zip (C++23)(C++23) as_const_viewviews::as_const (C++23)(C++23) as_rvalue_viewviews::as_rvalue (C++23)(C++23)	take_viewviews::take take_while_viewviews::take_while drop_viewviews::drop drop_while_viewviews::drop_while zip_transform_viewviews::zip_transform (C++23)(C++23) adjacent_transform_viewviews::adjacent_transform (C++23)(C++23)   cartesian_product_viewviews::cartesian_product (C++23)(C++23)	elements_viewviews::elements keys_viewviews::keys values_viewviews::values transform_viewviews::transform adjacent_viewviews::adjacent (C++23)(C++23) slide_viewviews::slide (C++23)(C++23) stride_viewviews::stride (C++23)(C++23)	filter_viewviews::filter join_viewviews::join split_viewviews::split lazy_split_viewviews::lazy_split join_with_viewviews::join_with (C++23)(C++23) chunk_viewviews::chunk (C++23)(C++23) chunk_by_viewviews::chunk_by (C++23)(C++23)
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copyable-box	simple-view

 

std::ranges::view_interface

Member functions

empty (C++20)

operator bool (C++20)

data (C++20)

size (C++20)

front (C++20)

back (C++20)

operator[] (C++20)

 

constexpr bool empty()   requires ranges::sized_range<D> || ranges::forward_range<D>;	(1)	(since C++20)
constexpr bool empty() const   requires ranges::sized_range<const D> || ranges::forward_range<const D>;	(2)	(since C++20)

The default implementation of empty() member function checks whether the object of the derived type's size is ​0​ (if valid), or whether the beginning iterator and the sentinel compare equal.

1) Let derived be a reference bound to static_cast<D&>(*this). Equivalent to return ranges::size(derived) == 0; if D satisfies sized_range. Otherwise, equivalent to return ranges::begin(derived) == ranges::end(derived);.

2) Same as (1), except that derived is static_cast<const D&>(*this).

Parameters

(none)

Return value

true if the size of the object of the derived type is ​0​ (if D satisfies std::ranges::sized_range), or its beginning iterator and the sentinel compare equal, false otherwise.

Notes

Following derived types may use the default implementation of empty:

• std::ranges::common_view
• std::ranges::drop_view
• std::ranges::drop_while_view
• std::ranges::elements_view
• std::ranges::filter_view
• std::ranges::iota_view
• std::ranges::join_view
• std::ranges::lazy_split_view
• std::ranges::reverse_view
• std::ranges::single_view
• std::ranges::split_view
• std::ranges::take_view
• std::ranges::take_while_view
• std::ranges::transform_view

Although std::ranges::basic_istream_view inherits from std::ranges::view_interface and does not declare the empty() member function, it cannot use the default implementation, because it never satisfies neither std::ranges::sized_range nor std::ranges::forward_range.

Example

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#include <array>
#include <ranges>
 
int main() {
    constexpr std::array a {0, 1, 2, 3, 4};
    static_assert( ! std::ranges::single_view(a).empty() );
    static_assert(   (a | std::views::take(0)).empty() );
    static_assert( ! (a | std::views::take(2)).empty() );
    static_assert(   (a | std::views::drop(9)).empty() );
    static_assert( ! (a | std::views::drop(2)).empty() );
    static_assert(   std::views::iota(0,0).empty() );
    static_assert( ! std::views::iota(0).empty() );
}

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3715	C++20	empty() only supported forward_range types	sized_range-only types are also supported

See also

empty (C++17)	checks whether the container is empty (function template)
ranges::empty (C++20)	checks whether a range is empty (customization point object)