move is_contiguous_iterator to type_support

libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/algorithms/traits/pointer_category.hpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <hpx/iterator_support/traits/is_iterator.hpp>
+#include <hpx/type_support/is_contiguous_iterator.hpp>
 #include <hpx/type_support/is_relocatable.hpp>
 
 #include <type_traits>

libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/util/transfer.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <hpx/parallel/algorithms/detail/distance.hpp>
 #include <hpx/parallel/util/loop.hpp>
 #include <hpx/parallel/util/result_types.hpp>
+#include <hpx/type_support/is_contiguous_iterator.hpp>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>

libs/core/iterator_support/include/hpx/iterator_support/traits/is_iterator.hpp

@@ -564,52 +564,4 @@ namespace hpx::traits {
     template <typename Iter>
     inline constexpr bool is_zip_iterator_v = is_zip_iterator<Iter>::value;
 
-    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    // Iterators are contiguous if they are pointers (without concepts we have
-    // no generic way of determining whether an iterator is contiguous)
-
-    namespace detail {
-
-        // Iterators returned from std::vector are contiguous (by definition)
-
-        // different versions of clang-format disagree
-        // clang-format off
-        template <typename Iter, typename T = iter_value_t<Iter>>
-        struct is_vector_iterator
-          : std::integral_constant<bool,
-                std::is_same_v<
-                    decltype(std::declval<std::vector<T>&>().begin()), Iter> ||
-                std::is_same_v<
-                    decltype(std::declval<std::vector<T>&>().cbegin()), Iter>>
-        {
-        };
-        // clang-format on
-    }    // namespace detail
-
-    template <typename Iter,
-        bool not_vector =
-    // When _GLIBCXX_DEBUG is defined vectors are contiguous, but the iterators
-    // are not plain pointers.
-#if defined(_GLIBCXX_DEBUG)
-            false
-#else
-            detail::is_vector_iterator<Iter>::value
-#endif
-        >
-    struct is_contiguous_iterator : std::is_pointer<Iter>::type
-    {
-    };
-
-    template <typename Iter>
-    struct is_contiguous_iterator<Iter, true> : std::true_type
-    {
-    };
-
-    template <typename Iter>
-    using is_contiguous_iterator_t =
-        typename is_contiguous_iterator<Iter>::type;
-
-    template <typename Iter>
-    inline constexpr bool is_contiguous_iterator_v =
-        is_contiguous_iterator<Iter>::value;
 }    // namespace hpx::traits

libs/core/type_support/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ set(type_support_headers
     hpx/type_support/identity.hpp
     hpx/type_support/is_relocatable.hpp
     hpx/type_support/is_trivially_relocatable.hpp
+    hpx/type_support/is_contiguous_iterator.hpp
     hpx/type_support/lazy_conditional.hpp
     hpx/type_support/lazy_enable_if.hpp
     hpx/type_support/pack.hpp

libs/core/type_support/include/hpx/type_support/is_contiguous_iterator.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2007-2022 Hartmut Kaiser
+//
+//  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <array>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace hpx::traits {
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Iterators are contiguous if they are pointers (without concepts we have
+    // no generic way of determining whether an iterator is contiguous)
+
+    namespace detail {
+
+        // Iterators returned from std::vector are contiguous (by definition)
+        template <typename Iter>
+        using iter_value_type_t =
+            typename std::iterator_traits<Iter>::value_type;
+
+        template <typename Iter>
+        struct is_known_iterator
+          : std::bool_constant<
+                std::is_same_v<    // for std::vector
+                    typename std::vector<iter_value_type_t<Iter>>::iterator,
+                    Iter> ||
+                std::is_same_v<typename std::vector<
+                                   iter_value_type_t<Iter>>::const_iterator,
+                    Iter> ||    // for std::array
+                std::is_same_v<
+                    typename std::array<iter_value_type_t<Iter>, 0>::iterator,
+                    Iter> ||
+                std::is_same_v<typename std::array<iter_value_type_t<Iter>,
+                                   0>::const_iterator,
+                    Iter>>
+        {
+        };
+
+        template <typename T>
+        struct is_known_iterator<T[]> : std::false_type
+        {
+        };
+
+        template <typename T, int N>
+        struct is_known_iterator<T[N]> : std::false_type
+        {
+        };
+    }    // namespace detail
+
+    template <typename Iter,
+        bool not_known_vector =
+    // When _GLIBCXX_DEBUG is defined vectors are contiguous, but the iterators
+    // are not plain pointers.
+#if defined(_GLIBCXX_DEBUG)
+            false
+#else
+            detail::is_known_iterator<Iter>::value
+#endif
+        >
+    struct is_contiguous_iterator : std::is_pointer<Iter>::type
+    {
+    };
+
+    template <typename Iter>
+    struct is_contiguous_iterator<Iter, true> : std::true_type
+    {
+    };
+
+    template <typename Iter>
+    using is_contiguous_iterator_t =
+        typename is_contiguous_iterator<Iter>::type;
+
+    template <typename Iter>
+    inline constexpr bool is_contiguous_iterator_v =
+        is_contiguous_iterator<Iter>::value;
+}    // namespace hpx::traits

libs/core/type_support/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ endforeach()
 
 if(HPX_WITH_COMPILE_ONLY_TESTS)
   # add compile time tests
-  set(compile_tests is_relocatable is_trivially_relocatable)
+  set(compile_tests is_relocatable is_trivially_relocatable
+                    is_contiguous_iterator
+  )
 
   if(HPX_WITH_FAIL_COMPILE_TESTS)
     set(fail_compile_tests fail_relocate_at fail_uninitialized_relocate)

libs/core/type_support/tests/unit/is_contiguous_iterator.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2023 Isidoros Tsaousis-Seiras
+//
+//  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <vector>
+#include <array>
+
+#include <hpx/type_support/is_contiguous_iterator.hpp>
+
+using hpx::traits::is_contiguous_iterator_v;
+
+// std::vector<int>::iterator is a contiguous iterator
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::vector<int>::iterator>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::vector<int>::const_iterator>);
+// reverse_iterator is not a contiguous iterator
+static_assert(!is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::vector<int>::reverse_iterator>);
+static_assert(
+    !is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::vector<int>::const_reverse_iterator>);
+
+// std::array<int, 4>::iterator is a contiguous iterator
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::array<int, 4>::iterator>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::array<int, 4>::const_iterator>);
+// reverse_iterator is not a contiguous iterator
+static_assert(!is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::array<int, 4>::reverse_iterator>);
+static_assert(
+    !is_contiguous_iterator_v<std::array<int, 4>::const_reverse_iterator>);
+
+// pointers are contiguous iterators
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<int*>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<int const*>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<int (*)[]>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<int const (*)[]>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<int (*)[4]>);
+static_assert(is_contiguous_iterator_v<int const (*)[4]>);
+
+// arrays are not contiguous iterators
+static_assert(!is_contiguous_iterator_v<int[]>);
+static_assert(!is_contiguous_iterator_v<int[4]>);
+static_assert(!is_contiguous_iterator_v<int const[]>);
+static_assert(!is_contiguous_iterator_v<int const[4]>);
+
+
+int main(int, char*[]) {}