</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>&gt;</span> <span class=special>&gt;</span> <span class=special>&gt;</span>
<span class=special>&gt;</span> <span class=identifier>employee_set</span><span class=special>;</span>
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In fact, support for pointers is further extended to accept what we call
<i>chained pointers</i>. Such a chained pointer is defined by induction as a raw or
smart pointer or iterator to the actual element, to a referen