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  31 <span class="firstname">Ion</span> <span class="surname">Gaztanaga</span>
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  44 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro">Introduction</a></span></dt>
  45 <dd><dl>
  46 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container">Building
  47       Boost.Container</a></span></dt>
  48 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers">Tested compilers</a></span></dt>
  49 </dl></dd>
  50 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html">Main features</a></span></dt>
  51 <dd><dl>
  52 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.move_emplace">Efficient insertion</a></span></dt>
  53 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.containers_of_incomplete_types">Containers
  54       of Incomplete Types</a></span></dt>
  55 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.scary_iterators">SCARY iterators</a></span></dt>
  56 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.other_features">Other features</a></span></dt>
  57 </dl></dd>
  58 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/exception_handling.html">Boost.Container and C++ exceptions</a></span></dt>
  59 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html">Non-standard containers</a></span></dt>
  60 <dd><dl>
  61 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.stable_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>stable_vector</em></span></a></span></dt>
  62 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.flat_xxx"><span class="emphasis"><em>flat_(multi)map/set</em></span>
  63       associative containers</a></span></dt>
  64 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.slist"><span class="emphasis"><em>slist</em></span></a></span></dt>
  65 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.static_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>static_vector</em></span></a></span></dt>
  66 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/non_standard_containers.html#container.non_standard_containers.small_vector"><span class="emphasis"><em>small_vector</em></span></a></span></dt>
  67 </dl></dd>
  68 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html">Extended functionality:
  69     Basic extensions</a></span></dt>
  70 <dd><dl>
  71 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.default_initialialization">Default
  72       initialization for vector-like containers</a></span></dt>
  73 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.ordered_range_insertion">Ordered
  74       range insertion for associative containers (<span class="emphasis"><em>ordered_unique_range</em></span>,
  75       <span class="emphasis"><em>ordered_range</em></span>) </a></span></dt>
  76 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_functionality.html#container.extended_functionality.constant_time_range_splice">Constant-time
  77       range splice for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">s</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="identifier">list</span></code></a></span></dt>
  78 </dl></dd>
  79 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/configurable_containers.html">Extended functionality:
  80     Configurable containers</a></span></dt>
  81 <dd><dl>
  82 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/configurable_containers.html#container.configurable_containers.configurable_tree_based_associative_containers">Configurable
  83       tree-based associative ordered containers</a></span></dt>
  84 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/configurable_containers.html#container.configurable_containers.configurable_vectors">Configurable
  85       vectors</a></span></dt>
  86 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/configurable_containers.html#container.configurable_containers.configurable_deques">Configurable
  87       deques</a></span></dt>
  88 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/configurable_containers.html#container.configurable_containers.configurable_static_vectors">Configurable
  89       static vector</a></span></dt>
  90 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/configurable_containers.html#container.configurable_containers.configurable_small_vectors">Configurable
  91       small vector</a></span></dt>
  92 </dl></dd>
  93 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/extended_allocators.html">Extended functionality:
  94     Extended allocators</a></span></dt>
  95 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html">C++11/C++14/C++17 Conformance</a></span></dt>
  96 <dd><dl>
  97 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.move_emplace">Move and Emplace</a></span></dt>
  98 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.alloc_traits_move_traits">Stateful
  99       allocators</a></span></dt>
 100 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.scoped_allocator">Scoped allocators</a></span></dt>
 101 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.insertion_hints">Insertion
 102       hints in associative containers and preserving insertion ordering for elements
 103       with equivalent keys</a></span></dt>
 104 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.initializer_lists">Initializer
 105       lists</a></span></dt>
 106 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.null_iterators">Null Forward
 107       Iterators</a></span></dt>
 108 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.polymorphic_memory_resources">Polymorphic
 109       Memory Resources </a></span></dt>
 110 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.forward_list"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_list</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code></a></span></dt>
 111 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.vector_exception_guarantees"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span></code> vs. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span></code>
 112       exception guarantees</a></span></dt>
 113 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.container_const_reference_parameters">Parameter
 114       taken by const reference that can be changed</a></span></dt>
 115 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.Vector_bool"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> specialization</a></span></dt>
 116 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.non_standard_memset_initialization">Non-standard
 117       value initialization using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">memset</span></code></a></span></dt>
 118 </dl></dd>
 119 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/known_issues.html">Known Issues</a></span></dt>
 120 <dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="container/known_issues.html#container.known_issues.move_emulation_limitations">Move
 121       emulation limitations in C++03 compilers</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
 122 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html">History and reasons to use
 123     Boost.Container</a></span></dt>
 124 <dd><dl>
 125 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html#container.history_and_reasons.boost_container_history">Boost.Container
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 127 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/history_and_reasons.html#container.history_and_reasons.Why_boost_container">Why
 128       Boost.Container?</a></span></dt>
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 136 <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html">Boost.Container Header Reference</a></span></dt>
 137 <dd><dl>
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 166 <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.set_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/set.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
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 175 <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.string_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/string.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
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 178 <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.uses_allocator_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/uses_allocator.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
 179 <dt><span class="section"><a href="boost_container_header_reference.html#header.boost.container.uses_allocator_fwd_hpp">Header &lt;boost/container/uses_allocator_fwd.hpp&gt;</a></span></dt>
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 222       1.55 Release</a></span></dt>
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 232       1.50 Release</a></span></dt>
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 234       1.49 Release</a></span></dt>
 235 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container/release_notes.html#container.release_notes.release_notes_boost_1_48_00">Boost
 236       1.48 Release</a></span></dt>
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 239 </div>
 240 <div class="section">
 241 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
 242 <a name="container.intro"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a>
 243 </h2></div></div></div>
 244 <div class="toc"><dl class="toc">
 245 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container">Building
 246       Boost.Container</a></span></dt>
 247 <dt><span class="section"><a href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers">Tested compilers</a></span></dt>
 248 </dl></div>
 249 <p>
 250       <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> library implements several
 251       well-known containers, including STL containers. The aim of the library is
 252       to offer advanced features not present in standard containers or to offer the
 253       latest standard draft features for compilers that don't comply with the latest
 254       C++ standard.
 255     </p>
 256 <p>
 257       In short, what does <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> offer?
 258     </p>
 259 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
 260 <li class="listitem">
 261           Emplacement and move semantics are implemented, including emulation for
 262           pre-C++11 compilers.
 263         </li>
 264 <li class="listitem">
 265           Polymorphic allocators and memory resources, including implementation and
 266           emulation for pre-C++17 compilers
 267         </li>
 268 <li class="listitem">
 269           New advanced features (e.g. recursive containers) and configurability options
 270           <a class="link" href="container/configurable_containers.html" title="Extended functionality: Configurable containers">container.configurable_containers</a>
 271           for containers.
 272         </li>
 273 <li class="listitem">
 274           Containers support stateful allocators and are compatible with <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Interprocess</strong></span> (they can be safely placed in
 275           shared memory).
 276         </li>
 277 <li class="listitem">
 278           Users obtain a more uniform performance across all plataforms, including
 279           <a class="link" href="container/main_features.html#container.main_features.scary_iterators" title="SCARY iterators">SCARY iterators</a>.
 280         </li>
 281 <li class="listitem">
 282           The library offers new useful containers:
 283           <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
 284 <li class="listitem">
 285                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_map.html" title="Class template flat_map">flat_map</a></code>,
 286                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_set.html" title="Class template flat_set">flat_set</a></code>,
 287                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_multimap.html" title="Class template flat_multimap">flat_multimap</a></code>
 288                 and <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/flat_multiset.html" title="Class template flat_multiset">flat_multiset</a></code>:
 289                 drop-in replacements for standard associative containers but more
 290                 memory friendly and with faster searches.
 291               </li>
 292 <li class="listitem">
 293                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/stable_vector.html" title="Class template stable_vector">stable_vector</a></code>:
 294                 a std::list and std::vector hybrid container: vector-like random-access
 295                 iterators and list-like iterator stability in insertions and erasures.
 296               </li>
 297 <li class="listitem">
 298                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/static_vector.html" title="Class template static_vector">static_vector </a></code>:
 299                 a vector-like container that internally embeds (statically allocates)
 300                 all needed memory up to the maximum capacity. Maximum capacity can't
 301                 be increased and it's specified at compile time.
 302               </li>
 303 <li class="listitem">
 304                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/small_vector.html" title="Class template small_vector">small_vector </a></code>:
 305                 a vector-like container that internally embeds (statically allocates)
 306                 a minimum amount of memory, but dynamically allocates elements when
 307                 capacity has to be increased. This minimum capacity is specified
 308                 at compile time.
 309               </li>
 310 <li class="listitem">
 311                 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="boost/container/slist.html" title="Class template slist">slist</a></code>: the classic
 312                 pre-standard singly linked list implementation offering constant-time
 313                 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
 314                 Note that C++11 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">forward_list</span></code>
 315                 has no <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
 316               </li>
 317 </ul></div>
 318         </li>
 319 </ul></div>
 320 <div class="section">
 321 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
 322 <a name="container.intro.introduction_building_container"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro.introduction_building_container" title="Building Boost.Container">Building
 323       Boost.Container</a>
 324 </h3></div></div></div>
 325 <p>
 326         There is no need to compile <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span>,
 327         since it's a header-only library, just include your Boost header directory
 328         in your compiler include path <span class="bold"><strong>except if you use</strong></span>:
 329       </p>
 330 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
 331 <li class="listitem">
 332             <a class="link" href="container/extended_allocators.html" title="Extended functionality: Extended allocators">Extended Allocators</a>
 333           </li>
 334 <li class="listitem">
 335             Some <a class="link" href="container/cpp_conformance.html#container.cpp_conformance.polymorphic_memory_resources" title="Polymorphic Memory Resources">Polymorphic
 336             Memory Resources</a> classes.
 337           </li>
 338 </ul></div>
 339 <p>
 340         Those exceptions are are implemented as a separately compiled library, so
 341         in those cases you must install binaries in a location that can be found
 342         by your linker. If you followed the <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/more/getting_started/index.html" target="_top">Boost
 343         Getting Started</a> instructions, that's already been done for you.
 344       </p>
 345 </div>
 346 <div class="section">
 347 <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
 348 <a name="container.intro.tested_compilers"></a><a class="link" href="container.html#container.intro.tested_compilers" title="Tested compilers">Tested compilers</a>
 349 </h3></div></div></div>
 350 <p>
 351         <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Container</strong></span> requires a decent C++98
 352         compatibility. Some compilers known to work are:
 353       </p>
 354 <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
 355 <li class="listitem">
 356             Visual C++ &gt;= 7.1.
 357           </li>
 358 <li class="listitem">
 359             GCC &gt;= 4.1.
 360           </li>
 361 </ul></div>
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 364 <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="../../doc/src/images/warning.png"></td>
 365 <th align="left">Warning</th>
 366 </tr>
 367 <tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
 368           GCC &lt; 4.3 and MSVC &lt; 9.0 are deprecated and will be removed in the
 369           next version.
 370         </p></td></tr>
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