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/*! \file distance.h
 *  \brief Computes the size of a range
 */

#pragma once

#include <thrust/detail/config.h>
#include <thrust/iterator/iterator_traits.h>

namespace thrust
{


/*! \addtogroup iterators
 *  \{
 */

/*! \p distance finds the distance between \p first and \p last, i.e. the
 *  number of times that \p first must be incremented until it is equal to
 *  \p last.
 *
 *  \param first The beginning of an input range of interest.
 *  \param last The end of an input range of interest.
 *  \return The distance between the beginning and end of the input range.
 *
 *  \tparam InputIterator is a model of <a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/InputIterator.html">Input Iterator</a>.
 *
 *  \pre If \c InputIterator meets the requirements of random access iterator, \p last shall be reachable from \p first or
 *       \p first shall be reachable from \p last; otherwise, \p last shall be reachable from \p first.
 *
 *  The following code snippet demonstrates how to use \p distance to compute
 *  the distance to one iterator from another.
 *
 *  \code
 *  #include <thrust/distance.h>
 *  #include <thrust/device_vector.h>
 *  ...
 *  thrust::device_vector<int> vec(13);
 *  thrust::device_vector<int>::iterator iter1 = vec.begin();
 *  thrust::device_vector<int>::iterator iter2 = iter1 + 7;
 *
 *  int d = thrust::distance(iter1, iter2);
 *
 *  // d is 7
 *  \endcode
 *
 *  \see http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/distance.html
 */
template<typename InputIterator>
  inline typename thrust::iterator_traits<InputIterator>::difference_type
    distance(InputIterator first, InputIterator last);

/*! \} // end iterators
 */

} // end thrust

#include <thrust/detail/distance.inl>