Boost
C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
This is an older version of Boost and was released in 2013. The current version is 1.90.0.
basic_string,
with an internal buffer of 11/23 bytes (32/64 bit systems) without
increasing the usual sizeof
of the string (3 words).
[multi]set/map
containers are size optimized embedding the color bit of the red-black
tree nodes in the parent pointer.
[multi]set/map
containers use no recursive functions so stack problems are avoided.