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26}; 27</pre> 28</div> 29<div class="section" id="id1190"> 30<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#description" name="description">Description</a></h3> 31<p>Returns the smaller of its two arguments.</p> 32</div> 33<div class="section" id="id1191"> 34<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#header" name="header">Header</a></h3> 35<pre class="literal-block"> 36#include <<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/min_max.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/min_max.hpp</a>> 37</pre> 38</div> 39<div class="section" id="id1192"> 40<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#model-of" name="model-of">Model of</a></h3> 41<p><a class="reference internal" href="./metafunction.html">Metafunction</a></p> 42</div> 43<div class="section" id="id1193"> 44<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#parameters" name="parameters">Parameters</a></h3> 45<table border="1" class="docutils table"> 46<colgroup> 47<col width="19%" /> 48<col width="25%" /> 49<col width="56%" /> 50</colgroup> 51<thead valign="bottom"> 52<tr><th class="head">Parameter</th> 53<th class="head">Requirement</th> 54<th class="head">Description</th> 55</tr> 56</thead> 57<tbody valign="top"> 58<tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">N1</span></tt>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">N2</span></tt></td> 59<td>Any type</td> 60<td>Types to compare.</td> 61</tr> 62</tbody> 63</table> 64</div> 65<div class="section" id="id1194"> 66<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#expression-semantics" name="expression-semantics">Expression semantics</a></h3> 67<p>For arbitrary types <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt> and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">y</span></tt>:</p> 68<pre class="literal-block"> 69typedef <a href="./min.html" class="identifier">min</a><x,y>::type r; 70</pre> 71<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> 72<col class="field-name" /> 73<col class="field-body" /> 74<tbody valign="top"> 75<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">A type.</p> 76</td> 77</tr> 78<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Precondition:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./less.html" class="identifier">less</a><x,y>::value</span></tt> is a well-formed integral constant expression.</p> 79</td> 80</tr> 81<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Equivalent to</p> 82<pre class="last literal-block"> 83typedef <a href="./if.html" class="identifier">if_</a>< <a href="./less.html" class="identifier">less</a><x,y>,x,y >::type r; 84</pre> 85</td> 86</tr> 87</tbody> 88</table> 89</div> 90<div class="section" id="id1195"> 91<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#complexity" name="complexity">Complexity</a></h3> 92<p>Constant time.</p> 93</div> 94<div class="section" id="id1196"> 95<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#example" name="example">Example</a></h3> 96<pre class="literal-block"> 97typedef <a href="./fold.html" class="identifier">fold</a>< 98 <a href="./vector-c.html" class="identifier">vector_c</a><int,1,7,0,-2,5,-1> 99 , <a href="./int.html" class="identifier">int_</a><-10> 100 , <a href="./min.html" class="identifier">min</a><<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_1</a>,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_2</a>> 101 >::type r; 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