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  30. The term "enclosing type" refers to the type which is being introspected.
  31. This type is always a class, struct, or union.
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  34. The term "inner xxx", where xxx is some element of the enclosing
  35. type, refers to either a type, template, function, or data within the enclosing
  36. type. The term "inner element" also refers to any one of these entities
  37. in general.
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  40. I use the term "nested type" to refer to a type within another type.
  41. I use the term "member function" or "member data" to refer
  42. to non-static functions or data that are part of the enclosing type. I use
  43. the term "static member function" or "static member data"
  44. to refer to static functions or data that are part of the enclosing type. I
  45. use the term "nested class template" to refer to a class template
  46. nested within the enclosing type.
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  49. Other terminology may be just as valid for the notion of C++ language elements
  50. within a type, but I have chosen these terms to be consistent.
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  53. The term "generated metafunction(s)" refers to macro metafunctions
  54. which are generated by macros.
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