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| <span class="firstname">Ion</span> <span class="surname">Gaztanaga</span> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro">Introduction</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container">Building |
| Boost.Container</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers">Tested compilers</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html">Main features</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.move_emplace">Efficient insertion</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.containers_of_incomplete_types">Containers |
| of Incomplete Types</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.scary_iterators">SCARY iterators</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.other_features">Other features</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/exception_handling.html">Boost.Container and C++ exceptions</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html">Non-standard containers</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.stable_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>stable_vector</em></span></a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.flat_xxx"><span class="emphasis"><em>flat_(multi)map/set</em></span> |
| associative containers</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.slist"><span class="emphasis"><em>slist</em></span></a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.static_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>static_vector</em></span></a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.small_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>small_vector</em></span></a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html">Extended functionality</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.default_initialialization">Default |
| initialization for vector-like containers</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.ordered_range_insertion">Ordered |
| range insertion for associative containers (<span class="emphasis"><em>ordered_unique_range</em></span>, |
| <span class="emphasis"><em>ordered_range</em></span>) </a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.configurable_tree_based_associative_containers">Configurable |
| tree-based associative ordered containers</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.constant_time_range_splice">Constant-time |
| range splice for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.extended_allocators">Extended |
| allocators</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html">C++11/C++14 Conformance</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.move_emplace">Move and Emplace</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.alloc_traits_move_traits">Stateful |
| allocators</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.scoped_allocator">Scoped |
| allocators</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.insertion_hints">Insertion |
| hints in associative containers and preserving insertion ordering for elements |
| with equivalent keys</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.initializer_lists">Initializer |
| lists</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.null_iterators">Null Forward |
| Iterators</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.forward_list"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_list</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span></code></a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.vector_exception_guarantees"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span></code> vs. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span></code> |
| exception guarantees</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.container_const_reference_parameters">Parameter |
| taken by const reference that can be changed</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.Vector_bool"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">></span></code> specialization</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/Cpp11_conformance.html#container.Cpp11_conformance.non_standard_memset_initialization">Non-standard |
| value initialization using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">memset</span></code></a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/known_issues.html">Known Issues</a></span></dt> |
| <dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="container/known_issues.html#container.known_issues.move_emulation_limitations">Move |
| emulation limitations in C++03 compilers</a></span></dt></dl></dd> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html">History and reasons to use |
| Boost.Container</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html#container.history_and_reasons.boost_container_history">Boost.Container |
| history</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html#container.history_and_reasons.Why_boost_container">Why |
| Boost.Container?</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html">Boost.Container Header Reference</a></span></dt> |
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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.adaptive_pool_hpp">Header <boost/container/adaptive_pool.hpp></a></span></dt> |
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| <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> |
| <a name="container.intro"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> |
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| <div class="toc"><dl class="toc"> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container">Building |
| Boost.Container</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers">Tested compilers</a></span></dt> |
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| <p> |
| <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> library implements several |
| well-known containers, including STL containers. The aim of the library is |
| to offers advanced features not present in standard containers or to offer |
| the latest standard draft features for compilers that comply with C++03. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In short, what does <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> offer? |
| </p> |
| <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> |
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| Move semantics are implemented, including move emulation for pre-C++11 |
| compilers. |
| </li> |
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| New advanced features (e.g. placement insertion, recursive containers) |
| are present. |
| </li> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| Containers support stateful allocators and are compatible with <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Interprocess</strong></span> (they can be safely placed in |
| shared memory). |
| </li> |
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| The library offers new useful containers: |
| <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; "> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_map.html" title="Class template flat_map">flat_map</a></code>, |
| <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_set.html" title="Class template flat_set">flat_set</a></code>, |
| <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_multimap.html" title="Class template flat_multimap">flat_multimap</a></code> |
| and <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_multiset.html" title="Class template flat_multiset">flat_multiset</a></code>: |
| drop-in replacements for standard associative containers but more |
| memory friendly and with faster searches. |
| </li> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/stable_vector.html" title="Class template stable_vector">stable_vector</a></code>: |
| a std::list and std::vector hybrid container: vector-like random-access |
| iterators and list-like iterator stability in insertions and erasures. |
| </li> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/slist.html" title="Class template slist">slist</a></code>: the classic |
| pre-standard singly linked list implementation offering constant-time |
| <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>. |
| Note that C++11 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_list</span></code> |
| has no <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>. |
| </li> |
| </ul></div> |
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| </ul></div> |
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| <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
| <a name="container.intro.introduction_building_container"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container" title="Building Boost.Container">Building |
| Boost.Container</a> |
| </h3></div></div></div> |
| <p> |
| There is no need to compile <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> |
| if you don't use <a class="link" href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.extended_allocators" title="Extended allocators">Extended |
| Allocators</a> since in that case it's a header-only library. Just include |
| your Boost header directory in your compiler include path. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a class="link" href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.extended_allocators" title="Extended allocators">Extended |
| Allocators</a> are implemented as a separately compiled library, so you |
| must install binaries in a location that can be found by your linker when |
| using these classes. If you followed the <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/more/getting_started/index.html" target="_top">Boost |
| Getting Started</a> instructions, that's already been done for you. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <div class="section"> |
| <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> |
| <a name="container.intro.tested_compilers"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers" title="Tested compilers">Tested compilers</a> |
| </h3></div></div></div> |
| <p> |
| <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> requires a decent C++98 |
| compatibility. Some compilers known to work are: |
| </p> |
| <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| Visual C++ >= 7.1. |
| </li> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| GCC >= 4.1. |
| </li> |
| <li class="listitem"> |
| Intel C++ >= 9.0 |
| </li> |
| </ul></div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <td align="left"><p><small>Last revised: April 07, 2015 at 22:48:53 GMT</small></p></td> |
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