B. Standard Library Summary

“All complexities should, if possible, be buried out of sight.”

—David J. Wheeler

This appendix summarizes key C++ standard library facilities. The summary is selective and geared to novices who want to get an overview of the standard library facilities and explore a bit beyond the sequence of topics in the book.

B.1 Overview

B.1.1 Header files

B.1.2 Namespace std

B.1.3 Description style

B.2 Error handling

B.2.1 Exceptions

B.3 Iterators

B.3.1 Iterator model

B.3.2 Iterator categories

B.4 Containers

B.4.1 Overview

B.4.2 Member types

B.4.3 Constructors, destructors, and assignments

B.4.4 Iterators

B.4.5 Element access

B.4.6 Stack and queue operations

B.4.7 List operations

B.4.8 Size and capacity

B.4.9 Other operations ...

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