...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Get a const reference to the lowest layer.
const lowest_layer_type & lowest_layer() const;
This function returns a const reference to the lowest layer in a stack of layers. Since an overlapped_handle cannot contain any further layers, it simply returns a reference to itself.
A const reference to the lowest layer in the stack of layers. Ownership is not transferred to the caller.