HP C/aC++ for PA-RISC Software About This Document, Intended Audience, What’s in This Document

About This Document

This manual presents programming information on the C++ programming language, as implemented on Itanium®- based systems.

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Intended Audience

This manual is intended for experienced C and C++ programmers who are familiar with HP systems.

What’s in This Document

HP aC++/HP C Programmer’s Guide is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1	Getting Started
	Gives you an introduction to the HP aC++ product and its components. It also
	discusses the compiler command syntax and environment variables.
Chapter 2	Command Line Options
	Discusses command line options. Command line options are categorized into
	different sections based on how you can use them. This chapter also covers
	diagnostic messages and pragma directives.
Chapter 3	Pragma Directives
	Discusses pragmas supported in HP aC++. A pragma directive is an instruction
	to the compiler. Use a #pragma directive to control the actions of the compiler
	in a particular portion of a translation unit without affecting the translation unit
	as a whole.
Chapter 4	Preprocessing Directives
	Gives you an overview, the syntax, and usage guidelines of preprocessing
	directives. This chapter also includes a section on using HP aC++ templates.
Chapter 5	Using HP aC++ Templates
	Gives you an overview of template processing and describes the instantiation
	coding methods available in HP aC++.
Chapter 6	Standardizing Your Code
	Discusses HP aC++ keywords, Standard Exception Classes, and exceptions
	thrown by the Standard C++ library, and lists unsupported functionality.
Chapter 7	Optimizing HP aC++ Programs
	Gives you information about optimizing your programs.
Chapter 8	Exception Handling
	Discusses exception handling, and information on using threads and parallel
	programming.

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