STL Pocket Reference: (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

The STL Pocket Reference describes the functions, classes, and templates in that part of the C++ standard library often referred to as the Standard Template Library (STL). The STL encompasses containers, iterators, algorithms, and function objects, which collectively represent one of the most important and widely used subsets of standard library functionality. The C++ standard library, even the subset known as the STL, is vast. It's next to impossible to work with the STL without some sort of reference at your side to remind you of template parameters, function invocations, return types--indeed, the entire myriad of details you need to know in order to use the STL effectively and get work done. You need a memory-aid. Books that cover the standard library and the STL tend to be quite heavy and large, describing each aspect of the STL in detail. Such books are great when you're not familiar with the library, but get in the way when you simply need to remind yourself of a function name, or the order in which you pass arguments to a function. Programmers familiar with the STL need a small, lightweight memory-aid. That's what the STL Pocket Reference is. It's small, lightweight, and chock-full of information that you can take in at a glance, so you can get on with your work.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Containers Standard Containers Container Adapters Values Common Members Exceptions Deques Lists Maps Priority Queues Queues Sets Stacks Strings Vectors Iterators Iterator Categories Using Iterators Iterator Traits const_iterators Insertion Iterators I/O Stream Iterators Raw Storage Iterator Reverse Iterators Iterator Function Templates Algorithms Nonmodifying Operations Comparison Searching Binary Search Modifying Sequence Operations Uninitialized Sequence Operations Sorting Merging Set Operations Heap Operations Permutations Miscellaneous Numerics Function Objects Using Functors Functor Foundations Adapters Binders Arithmetic and Logical Functors Comparison Functors Miscellaneous Allocators Bitset Pairs Smart Pointer Boost Arrays Dynamic Bitsets Binders Composition Adapters Functional Header Replacement Lambda Functions Smart Pointers Index

About the Author :
Ray Lischner began his career as a software developer, but dropped out of the corporate rat race to become an author. He started using C++ in the late 1980s, working at a company that was rewriting its entire product line in C++. Over the years, he has witnessed the evolution of C++ from cfront to native compilers to integrated development environments to visual, component-based tools. Ray has taught C++ at Oregon State University. He is the author of Delphi in a Nutshell and O'Reilly's upcoming C++ in a Nutshell, as well as other books.