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 1.2

Introduction

Examples

ValueType requirements

Reference Section of Boost.Any

Acknowledgements

5. Boost.Chrono 2.0.8

Overview

User's Guide

Reference

Appendices

6. 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

7. 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

8. The Conversion Library 1.7

Description

Polymorphic casts

Synopsis

History

9. 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

10. Boost.Date_Time

Conceptual

General Usage Examples

Gregorian

Posix Time

Local Time

Date Time Input/Output

Serialization

Details

Examples

Library Reference

11. Boost.DLL

Motivation

Getting started

Tutorial

Mangled Import

Missuses

Reference

Limitations

F.A.Q.

Design Rationale

Dependencies

Revision History

Acknowledgements

12. Boost.Foreach

Introduction

Extensibility

Portability

Pitfalls

History and Acknowledgements

13. Boost.Function

Introduction

History & Compatibility Notes

Tutorial

Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Miscellaneous Notes

Testsuite

14. Boost.Heap

Introduction & Motivation

Concepts & Interface

Data Structures

Reference

Acknowledgements

15. 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 and memory allocation algorithms

Containers in managed memory segments

Boost containers compatible with Boost.Interprocess

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

16. 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

Indexes

Release Notes

References

Acknowledgements

Reference

17. 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

18. Boost.Lexical_Cast 1.0

Motivation

Examples

Synopsis

Frequently Asked Questions

Changes

Performance

19. Boost.Lockfree

Introduction & Motivation

Examples

Rationale

Reference

Appendices

20. Boost.Tribool

Introduction

Tutorial

Reference

Testsuite

21. Boost.Metaparse

Description

Related publications and blogs

Preface

Getting started with Boost.Metaparse

User manual

Versioning

Performance

The design of the library

Reference

22. 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

23. Boost.MPI

Introduction

Getting started

Tutorial

Mapping from C MPI to Boost.MPI

Reference

Python Bindings

Design Philosophy

Performance Evaluation

Revision History

Acknowledgments

24. Boost.MultiArray Reference Manual

Library Synopsis

MultiArray Concept

Array Components

Auxiliary Components

25. Boost.Parser

Introduction

Configuration and Optional Features

This Library's Relationship to Boost.Spirit

Cheat Sheet

Tutorial

Extended Examples

Concepts

Compiler Support

Headers

Rationale

26. Boost.PFR 2.2

Intro

Short Examples for the Impatient

Tutorial

Limitations and Configuration

PFR as a C++20 module

How it works

Acknowledgements

Reference Section of PFR

27. Boost.PolyCollection

Introduction

An efficient polymorphic data structure

Tutorial

Performance

Reference

Future work

Release notes

Acknowledgements

28. Boost.Program_options

Introduction

Tutorial

Library Overview

How To

Design Discussion

Acknowledgements

Reference

29. 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

30. Boost.Proto

Preface

Users' Guide

Reference

Appendices

31. Boost.Random

Introduction

Tutorial

Reference

Performance

History and Acknowledgements

32. Boost.Ratio 2.1.0

Overview

User's Guide

Reference

Appendices

33. Boost.Signals2

Introduction

Tutorial

Example programs

Reference

Thread-Safety

Frequently Asked Questions

Design Rationale

Signals2 API Changes

Testsuite

34. Boost.Stacktrace 1.0

Motivation

Getting Started

Configuration and Build

Theoretical async signal safety

Acknowledgments

Reference

35. Boost.StaticAssert

Overview and Tutorial

How it works

Test Programs

36. Boost.STLInterfaces

Introduction

This Library's Relationship to Boost.Iterator

The v1 and v2 Namespaces, and the Use of C++20 Concepts

Tutorial: iterator_interface

Tutorial: view_interface

Tutorial: sequence_container_interface

Tutorial: reverse_iterator

Tutorial: View Adaptors

Tutorial: closure and adaptor

Tutorial: bind_back() and More Complicated View Adaptors

Examples

Compiler Support

Reference

Rationale

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. Boost.Typeof

Motivation

Tutorial

Reference

Other considerations and tips

Contributed By:

Acknowledgements

41. 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

42. Boost.Variant

Introduction

Tutorial

Reference

Design Overview

Miscellaneous Notes

References

43. Boost.Xpressive

Preface

User's Guide

Reference

Acknowledgments

Appendices

44. Boost.YAP

Introduction

Manual

Concepts

Compiler Support

Dependencies

Reference

Rationale

45. Boost.Concept_Check

Concept reference