Table of Contents

1. Boost.Accumulators

Preface

User's Guide

Acknowledgements

Reference

2. Boost String Algorithms Library

Introduction

Release Notes

Usage

Quick Reference

Design Topics

Concepts

Reference

Rationale

Environment

Credits

3. Boost.Align

Introduction

Rationale

Examples

Reference

Vocabulary

Compatibility

Acknowledgments

History

4. Boost.Any

Introduction

Examples

Reference

Acknowledgements

5. Boost.Array

Introduction

Reference

Design Rationale

For more information...

Acknowledgements

6. Boost.Atomic

Introduction

Thread coordination using Boost.Atomic

Programming interfaces

Usage examples

Limitations

Porting

7. Boost.Chrono 2.0.8

Overview

User's Guide

Reference

Appendices

8. Boost.Circular Buffer

Introduction

Circular_buffer example

Rationale

Implementation

More Examples

Header Files

Modelled Concepts

Template Parameters

Trac Tickets

Release Notes

Acknowledgements

Documentation Version Info

Boost.Circular_buffer C++ Reference

Index

9. Boost.Container

Introduction

Main features

Boost.Container and C++ exceptions

Non-standard containers

Extended functionality: Basic extensions

Extended functionality: Configurable containers

Extended functionality: Extended allocators

C++11/C++14/C++17 Conformance

Known Issues

History and reasons to use Boost.Container

Indexes

Boost.Container Header Reference

Acknowledgements, notes and links

Release Notes

10. Boost.ContainerHash

Introduction

Tutorial

Extending boost::hash for a custom data type

Combining hash values

Portability

Disabling The Extensions

Change Log

Rationale

Reference

Links

Acknowledgements

11. The Conversion Library 1.6

Description

Polymorphic casts

polymorphic_cast, polymorphic_downcast, polymorphic_pointer_cast and polymorphic_pointer_downcast synopsis

polymorphic_downcast example

polymorphic_pointer_downcast example

History

12. Boost.CRC 1.5

What is Boost.CRC?

Introduction

Theoretical CRC Computer

Optimized CRC Computer

CRC Function

Augmented-CRC Function

Pre-Defined CRC Samples

End Matter

Reference

13. Boost.Date_Time

Conceptual

General Usage Examples

Gregorian

Posix Time

Local Time

Date Time Input/Output

Serialization

Details

Examples

Library Reference

14. Boost.DLL

Motivation

Getting started

Tutorial

Mangled Import

Missuses

Reference

Limitations

F.A.Q.

Design Rationale

Dependencies

Revision History

Acknowledgements

15. Boost.Foreach

Introduction

Extensibility

Portability

Pitfalls

History and Acknowledgements

16. Boost.Function

Introduction

History & Compatibility Notes

Tutorial

Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Miscellaneous Notes

Testsuite

17. Boost.Heap

Introduction & Motivation

Concepts & Interface

Data Structures

Reference

Acknowledgements

18. Boost.Interprocess

Introduction

Quick Guide for the Impatient

Some basic explanations

Sharing memory between processes

Mapping Address Independent Pointer: offset_ptr

Synchronization mechanisms

Managed Memory Segments

Allocators, containers and memory allocation algorithms

Memory allocation algorithms

Direct iostream formatting: vectorstream and bufferstream

Ownership smart pointers

Architecture and internals

Customizing Boost.Interprocess

Acknowledgements, notes and links

Indexes and Reference

19. Boost.Intrusive

Introduction

Intrusive and non-intrusive containers

How to use Boost.Intrusive

When to use?

Concept summary

Presenting Boost.Intrusive containers

Safe hooks

Auto-unlink hooks

Intrusive singly linked list: slist

Intrusive doubly linked list: list

Intrusive associative containers: set, multiset, rbtree

Semi-Intrusive unordered associative containers: unordered_set, unordered_multiset

Map and multimap-like interface for associative containers

Intrusive avl tree based associative containers: avl_set, avl_multiset and avltree

Intrusive splay tree based associative containers: splay_set, splay_multiset and , splay_tree

Intrusive scapegoat tree based associative containers: sg_set, sg_multiset and sgtree

Intrusive treap based associative containers: treap_set, treap_multiset and treap

Binary search tree hooks: bs_set_base_hook and bs_set_member_hook

Advanced lookup and insertion functions for associative containers

Erasing and disposing values from Boost.Intrusive containers

Cloning Boost.Intrusive containers

Using function hooks

Recursive Boost.Intrusive containers

Using smart pointers with Boost.Intrusive containers

Obtaining iterators from values

Any Hooks: A single hook for any Intrusive container

Concepts explained

Node algorithms with custom NodeTraits

Containers with custom ValueTraits

Thread safety guarantees

Boost.Intrusive Iterator features

Stability and insertion with hint in ordered associative containers with equivalent keys

Obtaining the same types and reducing symbol length

Design Notes

Performance

Release Notes

References

Acknowledgements

Indexes

Reference

20. Boost.Lambda

In a nutshell

Getting Started

Introduction

Using the library

Lambda expressions in details

Extending return type deduction system

Practical considerations

Relation to other Boost libraries

Contributors

Rationale for some of the design decisions

Bibliography

21. Boost.Lexical_Cast 1.0

Motivation

Examples

Synopsis

Frequently Asked Questions

Changes

Performance

22. Boost.Lockfree

Introduction & Motivation

Examples

Rationale

Reference

Appendices

23. Boost.Tribool

Introduction

Tutorial

Reference

Testsuite

24. Boost.Metaparse

Description

Related publications and blogs

Preface

Getting started with Boost.Metaparse

User manual

Versioning

Performance

The design of the library

Reference

25. Boost.Move

Tested compilers

What is Boost.Move?

Introduction

Implementing copyable and movable classes

Composition or inheritance

Movable but Non-Copyable Types

Containers and move semantics

Constructor Forwarding

Implicit Move when returning a local object

Move iterators

Move inserters

Move algorithms

Emulation limitations

How the library works

Thanks and credits

Release Notes

Reference

26. Boost.MPI

Introduction

Getting started

Tutorial

Mapping from C MPI to Boost.MPI

Reference

Python Bindings

Design Philosophy

Performance Evaluation

Revision History

Acknowledgments

27. Boost.MultiArray Reference Manual

Library Synopsis

MultiArray Concept

Array Components

Auxiliary Components

28. Boost.PolyCollection

Introduction

An efficient polymorphic data structure

Tutorial

Performance

Reference

Future work

Release notes

Acknowledgments

29. Boost.Predef 1.10

Introduction

Using the predefs

Adding new predefs

Reference

Check Utilities

History

To Do

Acknoledgements

30. Boost.Process

Introduction

Concepts

Tutorial

Design Rationale

Extensions

Frequently Asked Questions

Reference

Acknowledgements

31. Boost.Program_options

Introduction

Tutorial

Library Overview

How To

Design Discussion

Acknowledgements

Reference

32. Boost.PropertyTree

What is Property Tree?

Five Minute Tutorial

Property Tree as a Container

Property Tree Synopsis

How to Populate a Property Tree

How to Access Data in a Property Tree

Appendices

Reference

33. Boost.Proto

Preface

Users' Guide

Reference

Appendices

34. Boost.Random

Introduction

Tutorial

Reference

Performance

History and Acknowledgements

35. Boost.Ratio 2.1.0

Overview

User's Guide

Reference

Appendices

36. Boost.Signals2

Introduction

Tutorial

Example programs

Reference

Thread-Safety

Frequently Asked Questions

Design Rationale

Signals2 API Changes

Testsuite

37. Boost.Stacktrace 1.0

Motivation

Getting Started

Configuration and Build

Acknowledgements

Reference

38. Boost.StaticAssert

Overview and Tutorial

How it works

Test Programs

39. Thread 4.8.0

Overview

Using and building the library

History

Future

Thread Management

Scoped Threads

Synchronization

Thread Local Storage

Synchronized Data Structures

Parallel - Fork-Join -- EXPERIMENTAL

Time Requirements

Emulations

Acknowledgments

Conformance and Extension

40. Boost.TypeErasure

Introduction

How to read this documentation

Basic Usage

Composing Concepts

Functions with Multiple Arguments

Concepts in Depth

Using Any

Examples

Concept Definitions

Predefined Concepts

Reference

Rationale

Future Work

Acknowledgements

Related Work

41. Boost.TypeIndex 4.1

Motivation

Getting started

Configuring and building the library

How it works

Examples

Boost.TypeIndex Header Reference

Making a custom type_index

Space and Performance

Code bloat

RTTI emulation limitations

Mixing sources with RTTI on and RTTI off

Acknowledgements

42. Boost.Typeof

Motivation

Tutorial

Reference

Other considerations and tips

Contributed By:

Acknowledgements

43. Boost.Units 1.1.0

Introduction

Quick Start

Dimensional Analysis

Units

Quantities

Examples

Utilities

Reference

Installation

FAQ

Acknowledgements

Help Wanted

Version Info

Release Notes

TODO

44. Boost.Unordered

Introduction

The Data Structure

Equality Predicates and Hash Functions

Comparison with Associative Containers

Standard Compliance

Implementation Rationale

Change Log

Reference

Bibliography

45. Boost.Variant

Introduction

Tutorial

Reference

Design Overview

Miscellaneous Notes

References

46. Boost.Xpressive

Preface

User's Guide

Reference

Acknowledgments

Appendices

47. Boost.YAP

Introduction

Manual

Concepts

Compiler Support

Dependencies

Reference

Rationale

48. Boost.Concept_Check

Concept reference