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World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

Why Iterators Got It All Wrong — and what we should use instead

Arno Schoedl

An analysis of a million lines of code reveals a fundamental flaw: C++ iterators conflate elements and borders. Discover how strict semantic separation eliminates ambiguity in modern ranges.

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