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C++ Language/Std/Stl/Iterators/ReverseIterators
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Similar to an insert-iterator, a "reverse-iterator" allows you to use STL's existing std::copy() algorithm, but changes the effect that it has because of intermediary code that re-defines the iterator's operators.
In this case, the result is a "reverse-copy effect".
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