std::bitset::reference

 

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std::bitset

Member types

bitset::reference

Member functions

bitset::bitset

bitset::operator== bitset::operator!=

Element access

bitset::operator[]

bitset::test

bitset::all bitset::any bitset::none (C++11)

bitset::count

Capacity

bitset::size

Modifiers

bitset::operator&= bitset::operator|= bitset::operator^= bitset::operator~

bitset::operator<<= bitset::operator>>= bitset::operator<< bitset::operator>>

bitset::set

bitset::reset

bitset::flip

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bitset::to_string

bitset::to_ulong

bitset::to_ullong (C++11)

Non-member functions

operator& operator| operator^

operator<< operator>>

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std::hash (C++11)

 

template <size_t N>
class bitset {
  // ...
  public:
    class reference {
        friend class bitset;
        reference() noexcept;
      public:
        ~reference() noexcept;
        reference& operator=(bool x) noexcept;
        reference& operator=(const reference&) noexcept;
        bool operator~() const noexcept;
        operator bool() const noexcept;
        reference& flip() noexcept;
    };
  // ...
};

(noexcept specifications are from (C++11))

The bitset class includes std::bitset::reference as a publicly-accessible nested class. This class is used as a proxy object to allow users to interact with individual bits of a bitset, since standard C++ types (like references and pointers) are not built with enough precision to specify individual bits.

The primary use of std::bitset::reference is to provide an l-value that can be returned from operator[].

Any reads or writes to a bitset that happen via a std::bitset::reference potentially read or write to the entire underlying bitset.

See also

operator[]	accesses specific bit (public member function)