C++17 Standard Library Quick Reference: A Pocket Guide to Data Structures, Algorithms, and Functions

Appendix: Standard Library Headers

The C++ Standard Library consists of 88 header files, of which 6 are deprecated, and 26 are adapted from the C Standard Library. This appendix gives a brief description of each.

For each < name .h> header from the C Standard Library, there is a corresponding <c name > C++ Standard Library header (note the ‘ c ’ prefix). These C++ headers put all functionality provided by the C library in the std namespace. It is implementation-defined whether the types and functions still appear in the global namespace. The use of the original <name.h> headers is deprecated.

Headers are shown in the order in which they are presented in each chapter. Some are covered by multiple chapters. Functionality not discussed in this book ...