...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
static inline scalar_type read_element_idx( int i, Vector const & v );
This function is expected to be static member of user-defined specializations of the vec_traits template. It returns the i-th element of v, by value or by const reference.