25 Ranges library [ranges]

25.7 Range adaptors [range.adaptors]

25.7.20 Common view [range.common]

25.7.20.1 Overview [range.common.overview]

common_view takes a view which has different types for its iterator and sentinel and turns it into a view of the same elements with an iterator and sentinel of the same type.
[Note 1: 
common_view is useful for calling legacy algorithms that expect a range's iterator and sentinel types to be the same.
— end note]
The name views​::​common denotes a range adaptor object ([range.adaptor.object]).
Given a subexpression E, the expression views​::​common(E) is expression-equivalent to:
  • views​::​all(E), if decltype((E)) models common_range and views​::​all(E) is a well-formed expression.
  • Otherwise, common_view{E}.
[Example 1: // Legacy algorithm: template<class ForwardIterator> size_t count(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last); template<forward_range R> void my_algo(R&& r) { auto&& common = views::common(r); auto cnt = count(common.begin(), common.end()); // ... } — end example]