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(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) </p> </div></div> </div></div> <div class="toc"> <p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> <dl class="toc"> <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro">Introduction</a></span></dt> <dd><dl> <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> </dl></dd> <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html">Main features</a></span></dt> <dd><dl> <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> </dl></dd> <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> <dd><dl> <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 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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> <dt><span class="section"><a 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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 don't comply with the latest C++ standard. </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; "> <li class="listitem"> Move semantics are implemented, including move emulation for pre-C++11 compilers. </li> <li class="listitem"> 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> <li class="listitem"> 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> </li> </ul></div> <div class="section"> <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>, since it's a header-only library, just include your Boost header directory in your compiler include path <span class="bold"><strong>except if you use</strong></span>: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> <li class="listitem"> <a class="link" href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.extended_allocators" title="Extended allocators">Extended Allocators</a> </li> <li class="listitem"> Some <a class="link" href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.polymorphic_memory_resources" title="Polymorphic Memory Resources">Polymorphic Memory Resources</a> classes. </li> </ul></div> <p> Those exceptions are are implemented as a separately compiled library, so in those cases you must install binaries in a location that can be found by your linker. 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> <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> <td align="left"><p><small>Last revised: December 14, 2015 at 09:17:16 GMT</small></p></td> <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer"></div></td> </tr></table> <hr> <div class="spirit-nav"> <a accesskey="p" href="circular_buffer/s14.html"><img src="../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="libraries.html"><img src="../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><img src="../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="container/main_features.html"><img src="../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> </div> </body> </html>