The C++ Standard Template Library

With the ANSI/ISO C++ Standard Template Library (STL), C++ developers have a powerful toolset for maximizing productivity, software quality, and performance at the same time. STL provides both comprehensive sets of container classes and fundamental algorithms to go with them-a large, systematic, and efficient framework for C++ development. Now, in this long-awaited book, the creators of the C++ Standard Template Library explain it authoritatively and in depth. Each chapter of The C++ Standard Template Library covers one STL component, including:

• Detailed background about the component and its uses
• A thorough review of the relevant ANSI/ISO C++ standard
• Practical techniques for using and implementing the component
• Extensive sample code
• Hands-on exercises

Appendices present lists of reserved names, a detailed glossary of terms and references, and how STL interfaces with the rest of the Standard C++ library.

Fully reflective of the final ANSI/ISO STL standard, The C++ Standard Template Library is the last word on all aspects of STL development for every experienced C++ programmer.

Standard Template Libraries (STL) were created to provide C++ programmers with a suite of rusable programs, or lines of code, that could be used by everyone to increase programming productivity and quality. This book is the definitive reference on C++ programming using STL, as it was written by the team that created the library.

With the ANSI/ISO C++ Standard Template Library (STL), C++ developers have a powerful toolset for maximizing productivity, software quality, and performance at the same time. STL provides both comprehensive sets of container classes and fundamental algorithms to go with them-a large, systematic, and efficient framework for C++ development. Now, in this long-awaited book, the creators of the C++ Standard Template Library explain it authoritatively and in depth. Each chapter of The C++ Standard Template Library covers one STL component, including:

• Detailed background about the component and its uses
• A thorough review of the relevant ANSI/ISO C++ standard
• Practical techniques for using and implementing the component
• Extensive sample code
• Hands-on exercises

Appendices present lists of reserved names, a detailed glossary of terms and references, and how STL interfaces with the rest of the Standard C++ library.

Fully reflective of the final ANSI/ISO STL standard, The C++ Standard Template Library is the last word on all aspects of STL development for every experienced C++ programmer.

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Defines the template classes and functions of the standard template library (STL) component of the C++ programming language. A chapter is devoted to each of the 13 headers, providing a functional description of the header contents, suggestions for how best to use the facilities defined in the header, and the C++ code itself. Additional chapters introduce STL as a whole and discuss three overarching topics<-- >iterators, algorithms, and containers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

P.J. Plauger is President of Dinkumware, Ltd., which licenses standards-conforming C and C++ libraries and documentation. For many years, he served as Senior Editor of The C/C++ Users Journal and Contributing Editor to Embedded Systems Programming. Plauger has long been active in the development of C and C++ international standards.

Alex Stepanov, now at AT&T, formerly headed the Generic Programming Project at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories in Palo Alto, California.

Meng Lee is currently a Technical Contributor at Hewlett-Packard Research Labs where she and Stepanov developed the original STL. The STL was proposed to and accepted by the ANCI/ISO C++ Standards Committee.

David R. Musser, Professor of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, specializes in research on generic programming. His work with Stepanov provided the foundation for the STL.