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User's Guide to the GNU C++ Class Library

Introduction ************

This manual documents how to install and use the GNU C++ library.

Copying GNU Library Public License says how you can copy and share the GNU C++ library.

Contributors People who have contributed to GNU C++ library.

Installation How to configure, compile and install GNU C++ library

Trouble If you have trouble installing GNU C++ library.

General Aims, objectives, and limitations of the GNU C++ library

Conventions Stylistic conventions

OK Support for representation invariants

Proto Introduction to container class prototypes

Pix Pseudo-indexes

Representations How variable-sized objects are represented

Expressions Some guidance on programming expression-oriented classes

Headers Header files and other support for interfacing C++ to C

Builtin Utility functions for builtin types

New Library dynamic allocation primitives

IOStream The input/output library (istreams and ostreams).

Stream obsolete I/O library

Obstack Obstacks and their uses.

AllocRing A place to store objects for a while

String String, SubString, and Regex classes.

Integer Multiple precision Integer class.

Rational Multiple precision Rational class

Complex Complex number class

Fix Fixed point proportion classes

Bit BitSet and BitString classes

Random Random number generators

Data SampleStatistic and related classes for data collection

Curses CursesWindow class

List Lisp-like List prototype

LinkList Singly and doubly linked list class prototypes

Vector Vector prototypes

Plex Plex (adjustable array) prototypes

Stack Stack prototypes

Queue Queue prototypes

Deque Double ended queue prototypes

PQ Heap (priority queue) class prototypes

Set Set class prototypes

Bag Bag class prototypes

Map Map (Associative array) prototypes

GetOpt C++ class-based version of the GNU/UNIX getopt function

Projects Things Still Left to do