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15<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./sequences.html#id352" name="intrinsic-metafunctions">Intrinsic Metafunctions</a></h1>
16<a class="target" id="label-sequences-intrinsic" name="label-sequences-intrinsic"></a><p>The metafunctions that form the essential interface of sequence <a class="reference" href="./classes.html#label-sequences-classes">classes</a>
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20from scratch for each new sequence class <a class="footnote-reference" href="#intrinsic" id="id48" name="id48">[1]</a>.</p>
21<p>It's worth noting that STL counterparts of these metafunctions are
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26<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id48" name="intrinsic">[1]</a></td><td>In practice, many of intrinsic metafunctions offer a
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