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Rationale

The basic motivation behind the circular_buffer was to create a container which would work seamlessly with STL.

Additionally, the design of the circular_buffer was guided by the following principles:

In order to achieve maximum efficiency, the circular_buffer and circular_buffer_space_optimized store their elements in a contiguous region of memory, which then enables:

Possible applications of the circular buffer include:


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