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<h4>Tuples</h4>
<div> A <i>tuple</i> is a simple comma-separated list of elements inside
parenthesis. For example, </div>
<div class="code"> (<i>a</i>, <i>b</i>, <i>c</i>) </div>
<div> ...is a <i>tuple</i> of <i>3</i> elements--<i>a</i>, <i>b</i>, and
<i>c</i>.<br>
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A <i>tuple </i>cannot be empty. The notation '()' as a <i>tuple </i>is
a single element <i>tuple </i>of size 1, where the element is empty. </div>
<div> <i>Tuples</i> are fast and easy to use. With variadic macro
support it is not necessary to know the size of a <i>tuple; </i>without
variadic macro support all access to <i>tuples</i> requires
knowledge of its size. Use a <i>tuple </i>instead of an <i>array</i> if
your compiler supports variadic macros, since a <i>tuple </i>has all of
the functionality as an <i>array </i>and is easier syntactically to use.
The only functionality an <i>array </i>has which a <i>tuple </i>does
not have is that an <i>array </i>can be empty whereas a <i>tuple </i>cannot
be empty.</div>
<div> Elements of a <i>tuple</i> can be extracted with <b>BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM</b>.
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<h4>Primitives</h4>
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<li><a href="../ref/tuple_elem.html">BOOST_PP_TUPLE_ELEM</a></li>
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