<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE boostbook PUBLIC "-//Boost//DTD BoostBook XML V1.0//EN" "http://www.boost.org/tools/boostbook/dtd/boostbook.dtd"> <boostbook xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" last-revision="$Date: 2004/01/24 18:26:29 $"> <title>The Boost C++ Libraries</title> <chapter id="libraries"> <title>The Boost C++ Libraries</title> <section> <title>Libraries Listed Alphabetically</title> <librarylist/> </section> <section> <title>Libraries Listed by Category</title> <librarycategorylist> <librarycategorydef name="category:string-text"> String and text processing </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:containers"> Containers </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:iterators"> Iterators </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:algorithms"> Algorithms </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:higher-order"> Function objects and higher-order programming </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:generic"> Generic programming </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:template"> Template metaprogramming </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:preprocessor"> Preprocessor metaprogramming </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:concurrent"> Concurrent programming </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:math"> Math and numerics </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:testing"> Correctness and testing </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:data-structures"> Data structures </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:io"> Input/Output </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:lang"> Inter-language support </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:memory"> Memory </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:parsing"> Parsing </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:misc"> Miscellaneous </librarycategorydef> <librarycategorydef name="category:broken"> Broken compiler workarounds </librarycategorydef> </librarycategorylist> </section> </chapter> <xi:include href="../../libs/any/doc/any.xml"/> <xi:include href="../../libs/array/doc/array.xml"/> <library name="Bind" dirname="bind" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Peter</firstname> <surname>Dimov</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:higher-order"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Mem_fn" dirname="bind" html-only="1" url="../../libs/bind/mem_fn.html"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Peter</firstname> <surname>Dimov</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Generalized binders for member functions</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:higher-order"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Call Traits" dirname="call_traits" html-only="1" url="../../libs/utility/call_traits.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Maddock</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Howard</firstname> <surname>Hinnant</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Defines types for passing parameters</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:generic"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Compatibility" dirname="compatibility" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Ralf</firstname> <surname>Grosse-Kunstleve</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Jens</firstname> <surname>Maurer</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Help for non-conforming standard libraries</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:broken"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Compose" dirname="compose" html-only="1" url="../../libs/compose/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Nicolai</firstname> <surname>Josuttis</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Functional composition adapters for the STL</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:higher-order"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Compressed Pair" dirname="compressed_pair" html-only="1" url="../../libs/utility/compressed_pair.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Maddock</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Howard</firstname> <surname>Hinnant</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Empty member optimization</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:data-structures"/> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Concept Check" dirname="concept_check" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jeremy</firstname> <surname>Siek</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Tools for generic programming</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:generic"/> <librarycategory name="category:testing"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Config" dirname="config" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Maddock</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Beman</firstname> <surname>Dawes</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Vesa</firstname> <surname>Karvonen</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Helps boost library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not intended for library users</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:broken"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Conversion" dirname="conversion" html-only="1" url="../../libs/conversion/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Dave</firstname> <surname>Abrahams</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Kevlin</firstname> <surname>Henney</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Numeric, polymorphic, and lexical casts</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="CRC" dirname="crc" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Daryle</firstname> <surname>Walker</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Cyclic Redundancy Code</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Date-Time" dirname="date_time" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jeff</firstname> <surname>Garland</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Date-Time library</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Dynamic Bitset" dirname="dynamic_bitset" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jeremy</firstname> <surname>Siek</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Chuck</firstname> <surname>Allison</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>A runtime sized version of <code>std::bitset</code></librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:containers"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Format" dirname="format" html-only="1" url="../../libs/format/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Samuel</firstname> <surname>Krempp</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Type-safe 'printf-like' format operations</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:string-text"/> <librarycategory name="category:io"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Filesystem" dirname="filesystem" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Beman</firstname> <surname>Dawes</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Portable paths, iteration over directories, and other useful filesystem operations</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <xi:include href="../../libs/function/doc/function.xml"/> <library name="Functional" dirname="functional" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Mark</firstname> <surname>Rodgers</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Enhanced function object adaptors</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:higher-order"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Graph" dirname="graph" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jeremy</firstname> <surname>Siek</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>University of Notre Dame</firstname> <surname>Team</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Generic graph components and algorithms</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:containers"/> <librarycategory name="category:iterators"/> <librarycategory name="category:algorithms"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Integer" dirname="integer" html-only="1" url="../../libs/integer/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>various</firstname> <surname>authors</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Headers to ease dealing with integral types</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Interval" dirname="numeric/interval" html-only="1" url="../../libs/numeric/interval/doc/index.html"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Guillaume</firstname> <surname>Melquiond</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Hervé</firstname> <surname>Brönnimann</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Sylvain</firstname> <surname>Pion</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Extends the usual arithmetic functions to mathematical intervals</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="I/O State Savers" dirname="io" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Daryle</firstname> <surname>Walker</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Save I/O state to prevent jumbled data</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:io"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Iterator Adaptors" dirname="utility" html-only="1" url="../../libs/utility/iterator_adaptors.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Dave</firstname> <surname>Abrahams</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Jeremy</firstname> <surname>Siek</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Potter</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Adapt a base type into a standard conforming iterator</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:iterators"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Lambda" dirname="lambda" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jaakko</firstname> <surname>Järvi</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Gary</firstname> <surname>Powell</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Define small unnamed function objects at the actual call site, and more</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:higher-order"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Math" dirname="math" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>various</firstname> <surname>authors</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Several contributions in the domain of mathematics</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Math/Common Factor" dirname="math/common_factor" html-only="1" url="../../libs/math/doc/common_factor.html"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Daryle</firstname> <surname>Walker</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Greatest common divisor and least common multiple</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Math/Octonion" dirname="math/octonion" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Hubert</firstname> <surname>Holin</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Octonions</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Math/Quaternion" dirname="math/quaternion" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Hubert</firstname> <surname>Holin</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Quaternions</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Math/Special Functions" dirname="math/special_functions" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Hubert</firstname> <surname>Holin</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Mathematical special functions such as atanh, sinc, and sinhc</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="MPL" dirname="mpl" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Aleksey</firstname> <surname>Gurtovoy</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:template"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Multi Array" dirname="multi_array" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Ron</firstname> <surname>Garcia</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Multidimensional containers and adaptors for arrays of contiguous data</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> <librarycategory name="category:containers"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Operators" dirname="utility" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Dave</firstname> <surname>Abrahams</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Jeremy</firstname> <surname>Siek</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:generic"/> <librarycategory name="category:iterators"/> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Optional" dirname="optional" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Fernando</firstname> <surname>Cacciola</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> <librarycategory name="category:data-structures"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Pool" dirname="pool" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Steve</firstname> <surname>Cleary</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Memory pool management</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:memory"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Preprocessor" dirname="preprocessor" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Vesa</firstname> <surname>Karvonen</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Paul</firstname> <surname>Mensonides</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Preprocessor metaprogramming tools including repetition and recursion</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:preprocessor"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Property Map" dirname="property_map" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jeremy</firstname> <surname>Siek</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to value objects</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:containers"/> <librarycategory name="category:generic"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Python" dirname="python" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Dave</firstname> <surname>Abrahams</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Reflects C++ classes and functions into <ulink url="http://www.python.org">Python</ulink></librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:lang"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Random" dirname="random" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jens</firstname> <surname>Maurer</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>A complete system for random number generation</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Rational" dirname="rational" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Paul</firstname> <surname>Moore</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>A rational number class</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <xi:include href="../../libs/bind/doc/ref.xml"/> <library name="Regex" dirname="regex" html-only="1" url="../../libs/regex/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Maddock</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Regular expression library</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:string-text"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <xi:include href="../../libs/signals/doc/signals.xml"/> <library name="Smart Pointer" dirname="smart_ptr" html-only="1" url="../../libs/smart_ptr/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Greg</firstname> <surname>Colvin</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Beman</firstname> <surname>Dawes</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Peter</firstname> <surname>Dimov</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Darin</firstname> <surname>Adler</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Five smart pointer class templates</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:memory"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Spirit" dirname="spirit" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Joel</firstname> <surname>de Guzman</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>team</firstname> </author> <librarypurpose>LL parser framework represents parsers directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:text"/> <librarycategory name="category:parsing"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Static Assert" dirname="static_assert" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Maddock</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Static assertions (compile time assertions)</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:template"/> <librarycategory name="category:generic"/> <librarycategory name="category:testing"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Test" dirname="test" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Gennadiy</firstname> <surname>Rozental</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:testing"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Threads" dirname="thread" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>William</firstname> <surname>Kempf</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Portable C++ multi-threading</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:concurrent"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Timer" dirname="timer" html-only="1" url="../../libs/timer/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Beman</firstname> <surname>Dawes</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Event timer, progress timer, and progress display classes</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Tokenizer" dirname="tokenizer" html-only="1" url="../../libs/tokenizer/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Bandela</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Break of a string or other character sequence into a series of tokens</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:string-text"/> <librarycategory name="category:iterators"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Tuple" dirname="tuple" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Jaakko</firstname> <surname>Järvi</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:data-structures"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Type Traits" dirname="type_traits" html-only="1" url="../../libs/type_traits/index.htm"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Maddock</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Steve</firstname> <surname>Cleary</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>others</firstname> </author> <librarypurpose>Templates for fundamental properties of types</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:generic"/> <librarycategory name="category:template"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="uBLAS" dirname="numeric/ublas" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Joerg</firstname> <surname>Walter</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>Mathias</firstname> <surname>Koch</surname> </author> <librarypurpose>Basic linear algebra for dense, packed and sparse matrices</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:math"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <library name="Utility" dirname="utility" html-only="1"> <libraryinfo> <author> <firstname>Dave</firstname> <surname>Abrahams</surname> </author> <author> <firstname>others</firstname> </author> <librarypurpose>Class noncopyable plus <functionname>checked_delete</functionname>, <functionname>checked_array_delete</functionname>, <functionname>next</functionname>, <functionname>prior</functionname> function templates, plus base-from-member idiom</librarypurpose> <librarycategory name="category:misc"/> <librarycategory name="category:memory"/> <librarycategory name="category:algorithms"/> </libraryinfo> </library> <xi:include href="../../libs/variant/doc/variant.xml"/> <xi:include href="../../tools/boostbook/doc/boostbook.xml"/> <xi:include href="../../libs/concept_check/doc/reference/concepts.xml"/> </boostbook>