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  28. <h1>Boost Libraries</h1>
  29. <p>
  30. <a href="#Alphabetically">Libraries Listed Alphabetically</a><br>
  31. <a href="#Category">Libraries Listed by Category<br>
  32. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#String">String and text processing<br>
  33. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Containers">Containers<br>
  34. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Iterators">Iterators<br>
  35. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Algorithms">Algorithms<br>
  36. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Function-objects">Function Objects and
  37. higher-order programming<br>
  38. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Generic">Generic Programming</a><br>
  39. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Generic">Template
  40. Metaprogramming</a><br>
  41. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Preprocessor">Preprocessor Metaprogramming</a><a href="#Generic"><br>
  42. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Concurrent">Concurrent Programming</a><br>
  43. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Math">Math and numerics<br>
  44. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Inter-language">Inter-language support</a><br>
  45. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Correctness">Correctness and testing<br>
  46. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Data">Data structures<br>
  47. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Memory">Memory<br>
  48. </a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a><br>
  49. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#workarounds">Broken compiler workarounds</a><br>
  50. <a href="#Obsolete">Obsolete Libraries</a><br>
  51. <a href="#Beta">Beta Libraries</a></p>
  52. <p>See <a href="../status/compiler_status.html">Compiler Status</a>
  53. page to find out what library works with which compiler.<br>
  54. See <a href="hdr_depend.html">Header Dependencies</a> page to find
  55. out what other headers each boost header includes.<br>
  56. See <a href="../more/download.html">Download and Installation</a> page to find out
  57. how to download and install the libraries.<br>
  58. See <a href="../tools/build/index.html">Building Boost Libraries</a> page to find
  59. out how to build object libraries, when needed.</p>
  60. <hr>
  61. <h2>Libraries Listed <a name="Alphabetically">Alphabetically</a></h2>
  62. <ul>
  63. <li><a href="any/index.html">any</a> - Safe, generic container for single
  64. values of different value types, from Kevlin Henney.&nbsp;</li>
  65. <li><a href="array/index.htm">array</a> - STL compliant
  66. container wrapper for arrays of constant size, from
  67. Nicolai Josuttis.</li>
  68. <li><a href="bind/bind.html">bind</a> and <a href="bind/mem_fn.html"> mem_fn</a> - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter
  69. Dimov.</li>
  70. <li><a href="utility/call_traits.htm">call_traits</a> -
  71. Defines types for passing parameters, from John Maddock,
  72. Howard Hinnant, et al.</li>
  73. <li><a href="compatibility/index.html">compatibility</a> - Help for
  74. non-conforming standard libraries, from Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve and Jens
  75. Maurer.</li>
  76. <li><a href="compose/index.htm">compose</a> - Functional
  77. composition adapters for the STL, from Nicolai Josuttis.</li>
  78. <li><a href="utility/compressed_pair.htm">compressed_pair</a>
  79. - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock, Howard
  80. Hinnant, et al.</li>
  81. <li><a href="concept_check/concept_check.htm">concept check</a>
  82. - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.</li>
  83. <li><a href="config/config.htm">config</a> - Helps boost
  84. library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not
  85. intended for library users.</li>
  86. <li><a href="conversion/index.htm">conversion</a> - Numeric,
  87. polymorphic, and lexical casts, from Dave Abrahams and
  88. Kevlin Henney.</li>
  89. <li><a href="crc/index.html">crc</a> - Cyclic Redundancy Code, from Daryle
  90. Walker.</li>
  91. <li><a href="function/index.html">function</a> - Function object wrappers
  92. for deferred calls or callbacks, from Doug Gregor.</li>
  93. <li><a href="functional/index.html">functional</a> - Enhanced
  94. function object adaptors, from Mark Rodgers.</li>
  95. <li><a href="graph/doc/table_of_contents.html">graph</a> -
  96. Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek
  97. and a University of Notre Dame team.</li>
  98. <li><a href="integer/index.htm">integer</a> - Headers to ease
  99. dealing with integral types.</li>
  100. <li><a href="utility/iterator_adaptors.htm">iterator adaptors</a>
  101. - Adapt a base type into a standard conforming iterator,
  102. and more, from Dave Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and John
  103. Potter.</li>
  104. <li><a href="math/doc/index.html">math</a> - Several contributions in the
  105. domain of mathematics, from various authors.</li>
  106. <li><a href="math/doc/common_factor.html">math/common_factor</a> - Greatest
  107. common divisor and least common multiple, from Daryle Walker.</li>
  108. <li><a href="math/octonion/index.html">math/octonion</a> -
  109. Octonions, from Hubert Holin.</li>
  110. <li><a href="math/quaternion/index.html">math/quaterion</a> -
  111. Quaterions, from Hubert Holin.</li>
  112. <li><a href="math/special_functions/index.html">math/special_functions</a> -
  113. Mathematical special functions such as atanh, sinc, and sinhc,
  114. from Hubert Holin.</li>
  115. <li><a href="utility/operators.htm">operators</a> - Templates
  116. ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams
  117. and Jeremy Siek.</li>
  118. <li><a href="pool/doc/index.html">pool</a> - Memory pool management, from
  119. Steve Cleary.</li>
  120. <li><a href="preprocessor/doc/index.htm">preprocessor</a> - Preprocessor
  121. metaprogramming tools including repetition and recursion, from Vesa Karvonen.</li>
  122. <li><a href="property_map/property_map.html">property map</a>
  123. - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to
  124. value objects, from Jeremy Siek.</li>
  125. <li><a href="python/doc/index.html">python</a> - Reflects C++
  126. classes and functions into <a
  127. href="http://www.python.org">Python</a>, from Dave
  128. Abrahams.</li>
  129. <li><a href="random/index.html">random</a> - A complete
  130. system for random number generation, from Jens Maurer.</li>
  131. <li><a href="rational/index.html">rational</a> - A rational
  132. number class, from Paul Moore.</li>
  133. <li><a href="regex/index.htm">regex</a> - Regular expression
  134. library, from John Maddock.</li>
  135. <li><a href="smart_ptr/index.htm">smart_ptr</a> - Four smart
  136. pointer classes, from Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes.</li>
  137. <li><a href="static_assert/static_assert.htm">static_assert</a>
  138. - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John
  139. Maddock.</li>
  140. <li><a href="test/doc/index.htm">test</a> - Support for program testing and
  141. execution, from Beman Dawes.</li>
  142. <li><a href="thread/doc/index.html">thread</a> - Portable C++
  143. multi-threading, from William Kempf.</li>
  144. <li><a href="timer/index.htm">timer</a> - Event timer,
  145. progress timer, and progress display classes, from Beman
  146. Dawes.</li>
  147. <li><a href="tokenizer/index.htm">tokenizer</a> - Break of a string or other
  148. character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.</li>
  149. <li><a href="tuple/doc/tuple_users_guide.html">tuple</a> - Ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more,
  150. from Jaakko Järvi.</li>
  151. <li><a href="type_traits/index.htm">type_traits</a> -
  152. Templates for fundamental properties of types, from John
  153. Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.</li>
  154. <li><a href="utility/utility.htm">utility</a> - Class <b>noncopyable</b>
  155. plus <b>checked_delete()</b>, <b>checked_array_delete()</b>, <b>next(),</b>&nbsp;
  156. <b>prior()</b>
  157. function templates, plus <b>base-from-member idiom</b>, from Dave Abrahams and others. </li>
  158. </ul>
  159. <hr>
  160. <h2>Libraries Listed by <a name="Category">Category</a></h2>
  161. <h3><a name="String">String</a> and text processing</h3>
  162. <ul>
  163. <li><a href="conversion/lexical_cast.htm">conversion/lexical_cast</a> - <tt>lexical_cast</tt>
  164. class template, from Kevlin Henney.</li>
  165. <li><a href="regex/index.htm">regex</a> - Regular expression
  166. library, from John Maddock</li>
  167. <li><a href="tokenizer/index.htm">tokenizer</a> - Break of a string or other
  168. character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.</li>
  169. </ul>
  170. <h3><a name="Containers">Containers</a></h3>
  171. <ul>
  172. <li><a href="array/index.htm">array</a> - STL compliant
  173. container wrapper for arrays of constant size, from
  174. Nicolai Josuttis.</li>
  175. <li><a href="graph/doc/table_of_contents.html">graph</a> -
  176. Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek
  177. and a University of Notre Dame team.</li>
  178. <li><a href="property_map/property_map.html">property map</a>
  179. - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to
  180. value objects, from Jeremy Siek.</li>
  181. </ul>
  182. <h3><a name="Iterators">Iterators</a></h3>
  183. <ul>
  184. <li><a href="graph/doc/table_of_contents.html">graph</a> -
  185. Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek
  186. and a University of Notre Dame team.</li>
  187. <li><a href="utility/iterator_adaptors.htm">iterator adaptors</a>
  188. - Adapt a base type into a standard conforming iterator,
  189. and more, from Dave Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and John
  190. Potter.</li>
  191. <li><a href="utility/operators.htm">operators</a> - Templates
  192. ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams
  193. and Jeremy Siek.</li>
  194. <li><a href="tokenizer/index.htm">tokenizer</a> - Break of a string or other
  195. character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.</li>
  196. </ul>
  197. <h3><a name="Algorithms">Algorithms</a></h3>
  198. <ul>
  199. <li><a href="graph/doc/table_of_contents.html">graph</a> -
  200. Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek
  201. and a University of Notre Dame team.</li>
  202. <li><a href="utility/utility.htm">utility</a> - Class <b>next(),</b>&nbsp; <b>prior()</b>
  203. function templates, from Dave Abrahams and others. </li>
  204. </ul>
  205. <h3><a name="Function-objects">Function objects</a> and higher-order programming</h3>
  206. <ul>
  207. <li><a href="bind/bind.html">bind</a> and <a href="bind/mem_fn.html"> mem_fn</a> - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter Dimov.</li>
  208. <li><a href="compose/index.htm">compose</a> - Functional
  209. composition adapters for the STL, from Nicolai Josuttis.</li>
  210. <li><a href="function/index.html">function</a> - Function object wrappers
  211. for deferred calls or callbacks, from Doug Gregor.</li>
  212. <li><a href="functional/index.html">functional</a> - Enhanced
  213. function object adaptors, from Mark Rodgers.</li>
  214. </ul>
  215. <h3><a name="Generic">Generic</a> Programming</h3>
  216. <ul>
  217. <li><a href="utility/call_traits.htm">call_traits</a> -
  218. Defines types for passing parameters, from John Maddock,
  219. Howard Hinnant, et al.</li>
  220. <li><a href="concept_check/concept_check.htm">concept check</a>
  221. - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.</li>
  222. <li><a href="utility/operators.htm">operators</a> - Templates
  223. ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams
  224. and Jeremy Siek.</li>
  225. <li><a href="property_map/property_map.html">property map</a>
  226. - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to
  227. value objects, from Jeremy Siek.</li>
  228. <li><a href="static_assert/static_assert.htm">static_assert</a>
  229. - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John
  230. Maddock.</li>
  231. <li><a href="type_traits/index.htm">type_traits</a> -
  232. Templates for fundamental properties of types, from John
  233. Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.</li>
  234. </ul>
  235. <h3>Template <a name="Metaprogramming"> Metaprogramming</a></h3>
  236. <ul>
  237. <li><a href="static_assert/static_assert.htm">static_assert</a>
  238. - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John
  239. Maddock.</li>
  240. <li><a href="type_traits/index.htm">type_traits</a> -
  241. Templates for fundamental properties of types, from John
  242. Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.</li>
  243. </ul>
  244. <h3><a name="Preprocessor">Preprocessor</a> Metaprogramming</h3>
  245. <ul>
  246. <li><a href="preprocessor/doc/index.htm">preprocessor</a> - Preprocessor
  247. metaprogramming tools including repetition and recursion, from Vesa Karvonen.</li>
  248. </ul>
  249. <h3><a name="Concurrent">Concurrent</a> Programming</h3>
  250. <ul>
  251. <li><a href="thread/doc/index.html">thread</a> - Portable C++
  252. multi-threading, from William Kempf.</li>
  253. </ul>
  254. <h3><a name="Math">Math</a> and numerics</h3>
  255. <ul>
  256. <li><a href="math/doc/index.html">math</a> - Several contributions in the
  257. domain of mathematics, from various authors.</li>
  258. <li><a href="conversion/cast.htm">conversion/numeric_cast</a> - <tt>numeric_cast</tt>
  259. class template, from Kevlin Henney.</li>
  260. <li><a href="integer/index.htm">integer</a> - Headers to ease
  261. dealing with integral types.</li>
  262. <li><a href="math/doc/common_factor.html">math/common_factor</a> - Greatest
  263. common divisor and least common multiple, from Daryle Walker.</li>
  264. <li><a href="math/octonion/index.html">math/octonion</a> -
  265. Octonions, from Hubert Holin.</li>
  266. <li><a href="math/quaternion/index.html">math/quaterion</a> -
  267. Quaterions, from Hubert Holin.</li>
  268. <li><a href="math/special_functions/index.html">math/special_functions</a> -
  269. Mathematical special functions such as atanh, sinc, and sinhc,
  270. from Hubert Holin.</li>
  271. <li><a href="utility/operators.htm">operators</a> - Templates
  272. ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams
  273. and Jeremy Siek.</li>
  274. <li><a href="random/index.html">random</a> - A complete
  275. system for random number generation, from Jens Maurer.</li>
  276. <li><a href="rational/index.html">rational</a> - A rational
  277. number class, from Paul Moore.</li>
  278. </ul>
  279. <h3><a name="Correctness">Correctness</a> and testing</h3>
  280. <ul>
  281. <li><a href="concept_check/concept_check.htm">concept check</a>
  282. - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.</li>
  283. <li><a href="static_assert/static_assert.htm">static_assert</a>
  284. - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John
  285. Maddock.</li>
  286. <li><a href="test/doc/index.htm">test</a> - Support for program testing and
  287. execution, from Beman Dawes.</li>
  288. </ul>
  289. <h3><a name="Data">Data</a> structures</h3>
  290. <ul>
  291. <li><a href="any/index.html">any</a> - Safe, generic container for single
  292. values of different value types, from Kevlin Henney.</li>
  293. <li><a href="utility/compressed_pair.htm">compressed_pair</a>
  294. - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock, Howard
  295. Hinnant, et al.</li>
  296. <li><a href="tuple/doc/tuple_users_guide.html">tuple</a> - Ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more,
  297. from Jaakko Järvi.</li>
  298. </ul>
  299. <h3><a name="Inter-language">Inter-language</a> support</h3>
  300. <ul>
  301. <li><a href="python/doc/index.html">python</a> - Reflects C++
  302. classes and functions into <a
  303. href="http://www.python.org">Python</a>, from Dave
  304. Abrahams.</li>
  305. </ul>
  306. <h3><a name="Memory">Memory</a></h3>
  307. <ul>
  308. <li><a href="pool/doc/index.html">pool</a> - Memory pool management, from
  309. Steve Cleary.</li>
  310. <li><a href="smart_ptr/index.htm">smart_ptr</a> - Four smart
  311. pointer classes, from Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes.</li>
  312. <li><a href="utility/utility.htm">utility</a> - <tt>checked_delete</tt> and <tt>checked_array_delete</tt>
  313. function templates, from Beman Dawes and others.</li>
  314. </ul>
  315. <h3><a name="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></h3>
  316. <ul>
  317. <li><a href="utility/base_from_member.html">base-from-member</a> - Idiom to
  318. initialize a base class with a member, from Daryle Walker.</li>
  319. <li><a href="utility/compressed_pair.htm">compressed_pair</a>
  320. - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock, Howard
  321. Hinnant, et al.</li>
  322. <li><a href="conversion/index.htm">conversion</a> - Numeric,
  323. polymorphic, and lexical casts, from Dave Abrahams and
  324. Kevlin Henney.</li>
  325. <li><a href="crc/index.html">crc</a> - Cyclic Redundancy Code, from Daryle
  326. Walker.</li>
  327. <li><a href="timer/index.htm">timer</a> - Event timer,
  328. progress timer, and progress display classes, from Beman
  329. Dawes.</li>
  330. <li><a href="utility/utility.htm">utility</a> - Class <b>noncopyable</b>
  331. plus <b>checked_delete()</b>, <b>checked_array_delete()</b>, <b>next(),</b>&nbsp;
  332. <b>prior()</b>
  333. function templates, from Dave Abrahams and others. </li>
  334. </ul>
  335. <h3>Broken compiler <a name="workarounds">workarounds</a></h3>
  336. <ul>
  337. <li><a href="compatibility/index.html">compatibility</a> - Help for
  338. non-conforming standard libraries, from Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve and Jens
  339. Maurer.</li>
  340. <li><a href="config/config.htm">config</a> - Helps boost
  341. library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not
  342. intended for library users.</li>
  343. </ul>
  344. <p>[Category suggestions from Aleksey Gurtovoy and Beman Dawes]</p>
  345. <hr>
  346. <h2><a name="Obsolete">Obsolete</a> Libraries</h2>
  347. <ul>
  348. <li><a href="min_rand/index.htm">min_rand</a> - a random
  349. number generator class from Beman Dawes. Replaced by <a
  350. href="random/index.html">random</a>.</li>
  351. </ul>
  352. <hr>
  353. <h2><a name="Beta">Beta</a> Libraries</h2>
  354. <p>Boost no longer supports beta libraries on the Boost web site.&nbsp; These
  355. libraries will soon be either submitted for formal review or removed.</p>
  356. <ul>
  357. <li><a href="array_traits/index.html">array_traits</a> -
  358. tools to treat built-in arrays more like STL containers
  359. from Dietmar Kühl. Also see <a href="array/index.htm">array</a>.</li>
  360. <li><a href="dir_it/index.htm">dir_it</a> - A set of file
  361. system directory level iterators from Dietmar Kühl.</li>
  362. <li><a href="pri_queue/index.html">heaps</a> - a heap of
  363. priority queues from Dietmar Kühl.</li>
  364. </ul>
  365. <hr>
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