>
        type, which it stores as a member.
      </p>
<p>
        .. <a name="base0"></a>The term "Base" here does not refer to a
        base class and is not meant to imply the use of derivation. We have followed
        the lead of the standard library, which provides a base() function to access
        the underlying iterator object of a <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">reverse_iterator</span></code>
        adaptor.
      </p>
<p>
        The user of <code class="computeroutput">