Difference between vector::begin() and std::begin()

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std::begin() was added in C++11 to make it easier to write generic code (e.g. in templates). The most obvious reason for it is that plain C-style arrays do not have methods, hence no .begin(). So you can use std::begin() with C-style arrays, as well as STL-style containers having their own begin() and end().

If you’re writing code which is not a template, you can ignore std::begin(); your fellow programmers would probably find it odd if you suddenly started using it everywhere just because it’s new.

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