C++ term for an object that can be iterated through begin and end

Question

iterator is the generic word for something that can iterate a collection of objects.

On the other hand, I'm not sure that there is a commonly accepted word in C++ for the collection itself, in particular when the object provides begin and end methods.

Question: in C++, is there a commonly accepted word for an object that can be iterated through begin and end methods ?

The term iterable sounds quite reasonable for this (as a matter of fact, the tag exists on SO). I just wonder if it can be officially used as an answer to the question.

Answer 1

C++20 calls this a "range". As noted in the comments, the definition of a range is slightly more broad than what you suggest, to include e.g. plain arrays that don't have .begin() and .end() members. You're expected to use std::ranges::begin(...) and std::ranges::end(...) instead of the member functions to get those iterators.

C++20 added ways to check if a type conforms to those requirements at compile-time: std::ranges::range and others.