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
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
Table of Contents
Elements:
access - Declares an access specification for class membersboostbook - Defines a BoostBook bookclass - Declares a class or class templateclass-specialization - A specialization (partial or full) of a class templatecode - Mimics the code tag in HTMLcompile-fail-test - A testcase that should fail to compilecompile-test - A testcase that should compile correctlycomplexity - The time/space/etc. complexity of a functionconstructor - Declares a constructor of the enclosing classcopy-assignment - Declares a copy-assignment operatordata-member - Declares a data member of a classdefault - The default value of a function or template parameterdescription - Detailed description of a constructdestructor - Declares a destructor for the enclosing classeffects - Declares the side effects of a functionenum - Declares an enumeration typeenumname - References an enumeration type with the given nameenumvalue - A single value of an enumerationfree-function-group - A set of functions that are grouped together under one namefunction - Declares a functionfunctionname - References a function with the given nameglobalname - References a global with the given nameheader - Declares a C++ header with the given nameheadername - References a C++ header with the given nameif-fails - What it means when a testcase failsinherit - Declares a base class of the enclosing class or structlib - A library dependencylibrary - Top-level element for a librarylibrary-reference - Declares the reference material for a librarylibrarycategory - Declares that the enclosing library is in this categorylibrarycategorydef - Defines a new library categorylibrarycategorylist - Categorized listing of librarieslibraryinfo - Provides information about a librarylibrarylist - Placeholder for an alphabetical list of librarieslibraryname - References a library of the given namelibrarypurpose - Describes in one short sentence or phrase the purpose of a librarylink-fail-test - Declares a test that should compile but fail to linklink-test - Declares a test that should compile and linkmacroname - References a macro with the given namemethod - Declares a method, i.e., a member functionmethod-group - A set of methods that are grouped together under one namenamespace - Declares a namespacenotes - Non-normative notes about a function's semanticsoverloaded-function - An overloaded functionoverloaded-method - An overloaded methodparameter - A function parameterparamtype - The type of a function parameterpostconditions - Conditions that must hold after the function returnsprecondition - Conditions that must be met prior to executing a functionprogramlisting - A sample of program codepurpose - A short description of an entity's userationale - Describes the rationale for a particular function's designrequirement - A requirement/property in the Jamfile for a testcaserequires - Declares the requirements of a functionreturns - Description of the return value of a functionrun-fail-test - A testcase that should compile and link, but fail on executionrun-test - A testcase that should compile, link, and executesignature - One signature of an overloaded function or methodsnippet - Pulls in a code snippet from a programlisting elementsource - Defines source code for a testspecialization - Defines the specialization arguments for a class specializationstatic-constant - Declares a static constant, e.g., const int foo = 5;.struct - Declares a C++ structstruct-specialization - A specialization (full or partial) of a struct templatetemplate - Declares the template parameters of a class or functiontemplate-arg - A template argument in a specializationtemplate-nontype-parameter - A nontype template parametertemplate-type-parameter - Declares a template type parametertemplate-varargs - Declares a variable-length list of template parameterstestsuite - Describes a library testsuitethrows - Description of the exceptions thrown by a functiontype - The type of an element or return type of a functiontypedef - Declares a typedefunion - Declares a C++ union or union templateunion-specialization - A specialization (full or partial) of a union templateusing-class - Injects the method and function names of a class into the local scopeusing-namespace - Injects the declared names from a namespace into the local scope