•Advanced Shared Library Features

•Standard HP-UX Libraries and Header Files

•Allocation Policies for Containers

For more information, see HP-UX Online Linker and Libraries User’s Guide.

HP aC++ Libraries

In addition to standard HP-UX system libraries, HP aC++ provides the following C++ libraries:

•Standards Based Libraries

◦ Standard C++ Library

•HP C++ (cfront) Compatibility Library

◦ IOStream Library

Standard C++ Library

The International Standards Organization (ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have standardized the C++ programming language. A result of this standardization process is the Standard C++ Library, a large and comprehensive collection of classes and functions.

Introduction

HP aC++ provides the Rogue Wave implementation of the ANSI/ISO Standard C++ Library. This implementation includes the following features:

•A subset of data structures and algorithms, updated from the original library developed at Hewlett-Packard by Alex Stepanov and Meng Lee and known as the C++ Standard Template Library (STL)

NOTE: The public domain C++ Standard Template Library is not supported by this Standard C++ Library.

Technical Corrigenda 1 has changed the STL function make_pair to take their arguments by value instead of const reference. This change brings the HP library into compliance if the enabling macro -D__HP_TC1_MAKE_PAIRis specified at compile time. For binary compatibility reasons, the default behavior is unchanged.

•A templatized string class

•A templatized class for representing complex numbers.

•A framework that describes the execution environment, using a template class, numeric_limits, and specializations for each fundamental data type

•Memory management features

•Language support features

•Exception handling features

Introduction to Using the Standard C++ Library

Although the design of a large portion of the Standard C++ Library is, in many ways, not object-oriented, C++ excels as a language for manipulating objects. How do you integrate the non-object-oriented architecture of the library with the strengths of the language for manipulating objects?

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