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The '''C++ Standard Library''' is [[standard library|standardized collection]] of macros, values, types, templates, classes, functions, and objects for the [[C++ programming language]] declared or defined in 52 '''C++ library headers'''. The library provides a set of generic containers, utility functions to manipulate them, generic string and streams for input/output processing, memory management, thread management, and various other common services. The C++ Standard Library also incorporates a subset of the [[C Standard Library]] which includes 26 headers under a slightly different name. | The '''C++ Standard Library''' is [[standard library|standardized collection]] of macros, values, types, templates, classes, functions, and objects for the [[C++ programming language]] declared or defined in 52 '''C++ library headers'''. The library provides a set of generic containers, utility functions to manipulate them, generic string and streams for input/output processing, memory management, thread management, and various other common services. The C++ Standard Library also incorporates a subset of the [[C Standard Library]] which includes 26 headers under a slightly different name. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:15, 26 November 2015
The C++ Standard Library is standardized collection of macros, values, types, templates, classes, functions, and objects for the C++ programming language declared or defined in 52 C++ library headers. The library provides a set of generic containers, utility functions to manipulate them, generic string and streams for input/output processing, memory management, thread management, and various other common services. The C++ Standard Library also incorporates a subset of the C Standard Library which includes 26 headers under a slightly different name.
The current standard that dictates the C++ Standard Library is C++11 which was published in August of 2011, replacing the the C++03 standard.
All library entities, with the exception of the operator new, operator delete, and macros, are defined within the namespace std or within a namespace netsted within namespace std.
Standard Headers[edit]
The C++ standard library provides 52 C++ library headers:
C Headers[edit]
- Main article: C Standard Library
The C++ standard library provides a subset of the facilities of the C Standard Library in 26 headers. They have the same name as their C header counterparts except the ".h" is dropped and a "c" prefix is added to them.