[#absl-pointer_traits]
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Uniform interface to the properties of a pointer‐like type.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/memory/memory.h>`

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template<typename Ptr>
using pointer_traits [[deprecated]] = std::pointer_traits<Ptr>;
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[WARNING]
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https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
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== Description

Historical note: Abseil once provided an implementation of `std::pointer_traits` for platforms that had not yet provided it. Those platforms are no longer supported. New code should simply use `std::pointer_traits`.


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