Daniel Cheng 0e1d3c5675 Add reference, pointer, and co type aliases for rtc::ArrayView.
Many STL containers define these type aliases, and they are easier to
work with than add_const_t<add_lvalue_reference_t<value_type>>.

In a followup, `WTF::Vector` in Blink's conversion constructor from
other containers will be SFINAE-guarded using these type aliases.

Bug: chromium:1408442
Change-Id: I7790e6f462a32e7e49bc6468afeda6b2e6d4b631
Reviewed-on: https://webrtc-review.googlesource.com/c/src/+/300180
Reviewed-by: Tomas Gunnarsson <tommi@webrtc.org>
Commit-Queue: Daniel Cheng <dcheng@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#39771}
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How to write code in the api/ directory

Mostly, just follow the regular style guide, but:

  • Note that api/ code is not exempt from the “.h and .cc files come in pairs” rule, so if you declare something in api/path/to/foo.h, it should be defined in api/path/to/foo.cc.
  • Headers in api/ should, if possible, not #include headers outside api/. Its not always possible to avoid this, but be aware that it adds to a small mountain of technical debt that were trying to shrink.
  • .cc files in api/, on the other hand, are free to #include headers outside api/.

That is, the preferred way for api/ code to access non-api/ code is to call it from a .cc file, so that users of our API headers wont transitively #include non-public headers.

For headers in api/ that need to refer to non-public types, forward declarations are often a lesser evil than including non-public header files. The usual rules still apply, though.

.cc files in api/ should preferably be kept reasonably small. If a substantial implementation is needed, consider putting it with our non-public code, and just call it from the api/ .cc file.