学习boost的一些我的体会

我以前也学习过一些boost的东西，主要是any，shared_ptr觉得非常不错，lambd表达式由于编译器不支持所以没有用起来。为了在c++方面取得更多的成绩，我决定从头开始学习boost，但是boost非常庞大，我决定按照boost自带的帮助文档列出来的目录来学习。有些库需要编译，我将会学习这个库的时候再编译，节省开始学习时的难度和提高学习速度。下面我将会列出学习的清单

Libraries Listed by Category

String and text processing Containers Iterators Algorithms Function Objects and higher-order programming Generic Programming Template Metaprogramming Preprocessor Metaprogramming Concurrent Programming Math and numerics Correctness and testing Data structures Input/Output Inter-language support Memory Parsing Programming Interfaces Miscellaneous Broken compiler workarounds

 

Libraries Listed by Category

String and text processing

• conversion/lexical_cast - lexical_cast class template, from Kevlin Henney.
• format - Type-safe 'printf-like' format operations, from Samuel Krempp.
• iostreams - Framework for defining streams, stream buffers and i/o filters, from Jonathan Turkanis.
• regex - Regular expression library, from John Maddock
• spirit - LL parser framework  represents parsers directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++, from Joel de Guzman and team.
• string_algo - String algorithms library, from Pavol Droba
• tokenizer - Break of a string or other character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela
• wave - Standards conformant implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor functionality packed behind an easy to use iterator interface, from Hartmut Kaiser.
• xpressive - Regular expressions that can be written as strings or as expression templates, and that can refer to each other and themselves recursively with the power of context-free grammars, from Eric Niebler.

Containers

• array - STL compliant container wrapper for arrays of constant size, from Nicolai Josuttis.
• dynamic_bitset - A runtime sized version of std::bitset from Jeremy Siek and Chuck Allison.
• graph - Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek and a University of Notre Dame team.
• multi_array - Multidimensional containers and adaptors for arrays of contiguous data, from Ron Garcia.
• multi_index - Containers with multiple STL-compatible access interfaces, from Joaquín M López Muñoz.
• pointer container - Containers for storing heap-allocated polymorphic objects to ease OO-programming, from Thorsten Ottosen.
• property map - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to value objects, from Jeremy Siek.
• variant - Safe, generic, stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric Friedman and Itay Maman.

Iterators

• graph - Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek and a University of Notre Dame team.
• iterators - Iterator construction framework, adaptors, concepts, and more, from Dave Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and Thomas Witt.
• operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek.
• tokenizer - Break of a string or other character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.

Algorithms

• foreach - BOOST_FOREACH macro for easily iterating over the elements of a sequence, from Eric Niebler.
• graph - Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek and a University of Notre Dame team.
• minmax - standard library extensions for simultaneous min/max and min/max element computations, from Hervé Brönnimann.
• string_algo - String algorithms library, from Pavol Droba
• utility - Class next(),  prior() function templates, from Dave Abrahams and others.
• range - A new infrastructure for generic algorithms that builds on top of the new iterator concepts, from Thorsten Ottosen.

Function objects and higher-order programming

• bind and mem_fn - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter Dimov.
• function - Function object wrappers for deferred calls or callbacks, from Doug Gregor.
• functional - Enhanced function object adaptors, from Mark Rodgers.
• functional/hash - A TR1 hash function object that can be extended to hash user defined types, from Daniel James.
• lambda - Define small unnamed function objects at the actual call site, and more, from Jaakko Järvi and Gary Powell.
• ref - A utility library for passing references to generic functions, from Jaako Järvi, Peter Dimov, Doug Gregor, and Dave Abrahams.
• signals - managed signals & slots callback implementation, from Doug Gregor.
• result_of - determines the type of a function call expression.

Generic Programming

• call_traits - Defines types for passing parameters, from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
• concept check - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.
• enable_if - Selective inclusion of function template overloads, from Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah Willcock, and Andrew Lumsdaine.
• in_place_factory, typed_in_place_factory- Generic in-place construction of contained objects with a variadic argument-list, from Fernando Cacciola.
• operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek.
• property map - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to value objects, from Jeremy Siek.
• static_assert - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John Maddock.
• type_traits - Templates for fundamental properties of types, from John Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.

Template Metaprogramming

• mpl - Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes, from Aleksey Gurtovoy.
• static_assert - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John Maddock.
• type_traits - Templates for fundamental properties of types, from John Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.

Preprocessor Metaprogramming

• preprocessor - Preprocessor metaprogramming tools including repetition and recursion, from Vesa Karvonen and Paul Mensonides.

Concurrent Programming

• thread - Portable C++ multi-threading, from William Kempf.

Math and numerics

• math - Several contributions in the domain of mathematics, from various authors.
• numeric/conversion - Optimized Policy-based Numeric Conversions, from Fernando Cacciola.
• integer - Headers to ease dealing with integral types.
• interval - Extends the usual arithmetic functions to mathematical intervals, from Guillaume Melquiond, Hervé Brönnimann and Sylvain Pion.
• math/common_factor - Greatest common divisor and least common multiple, from Daryle Walker.
• math/octonion - Octonions, from Hubert Holin.
• math/quaternion - Quaternions, from Hubert Holin.
• math/special_functions - Mathematical special functions such as atanh, sinc, and sinhc, from Hubert Holin.
• multi_array - Multidimensional containers and adaptors for arrays of contiguous data, from Ron Garcia.
• operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek.
• random - A complete system for random number generation, from Jens Maurer.
• rational - A rational number class, from Paul Moore.
• uBLAS - Basic linear algebra for dense, packed and sparse matrices, from Joerg Walter and Mathias Koch.

Correctness and testing

• concept check - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.
• static_assert - Static assertions (compile time assertions), from John Maddock.
• test - Support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring, from Gennadiy Rozental.

Data structures

• any - Safe, generic container for single values of different value types, from Kevlin Henney.
• compressed_pair - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
• multi_index - Containers with multiple STL-compatible access interfaces, from Joaquín M López Muñoz.
• pointer container - Containers for storing heap-allocated polymorphic objects to ease OO-programming, from Thorsten Ottosen.
• tuple - Ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more, from Jaakko Järvi.
• variant - Safe, generic, stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric Friedman and Itay Maman.

Input/Output

• format - Type-safe 'printf-like' format operations, from Samuel Krempp.
• io state savers - Save I/O state to prevent jumbled data, from Daryle Walker.
• iostreams - Framework for defining streams, stream buffers and i/o filters, from Jonathan Turkanis.
• program_options - Access to configuration data given on command line, in config files and other sources, from Vladimir Prus.
• serialization - Serialization of arbitrary data for persistence and marshalling, from Robert Ramey
• assign - Filling containers with constant or generated data has never been easier, from Thorsten Ottosen.

Inter-language support

• python - Reflects C++ classes and functions into Python, from Dave Abrahams.

Memory

• pool - Memory pool management, from Steve Cleary.
• smart_ptr - Five smart pointer class templates, from Greg Colvin, Beman Dawes, Peter Dimov, and Darin Adler.
• utility - Class noncopyable plus checked_delete(), checked_array_delete(), next(),  prior() function templates, plus base-from-member idiom, from Dave Abrahams and others.

Parsing

• spirit - LL parser framework  represents parsers directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++, from Joel de Guzman and team.

Programming Interfaces

• function - Function object wrappers for deferred calls or callbacks, from Doug Gregor.
• parameter - Write functions that accept arguments by name, by David Abrahams and Daniel Wallin.

Miscellaneous

• base-from-member - Idiom to initialize a base class with a member, from Daryle Walker.
• compressed_pair - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
• conversion - Polymorphic and lexical casts, from Dave Abrahams and Kevlin Henney.
• numeric/conversion - Optimized Policy-based Numeric Conversions, from Fernando Cacciola.
• crc - Cyclic Redundancy Code, from Daryle Walker.
• date_time - Date-Time library from Jeff Garland.
• filesystem - Portable paths, iteration over directories, and other useful filesystem operations, from Beman Dawes.
• optional - Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando Cacciola.
• program_options - Access to configuration data given on command line, in config files and other sources, from Vladimir Prus.
• statechart - Arbitrarily complex finite state machines can be implemented in easily readable and maintainable C++ code, from Andreas Huber.
• timer - Event timer, progress timer, and progress display classes, from Beman Dawes.
• TR1 - An implementation of the Technical Report on C++ Library Extensions, using other Boost libraries as a basis, from John Maddock.
• tribool - 3-state boolean type library, from Doug Gregor.
• typeof - Typeof operator emulation, from Arkadiy Vertleyb and Peder Holt.
• utility - Class noncopyable plus checked_delete(), checked_array_delete(), next(),  prior() function templates, plus base-from-member idiom, from Dave Abrahams and others.
• value_initialized - Wrapper for uniform-syntax value initialization, from Fernando Cacciola, based on the original idea of David Abrahams.

Broken compiler workarounds

• compatibility - Help for non-conforming standard libraries, from Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve and Jens Maurer.
• config - Helps boost library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not intended for library users.

[Category suggestions from Aleksey Gurtovoy and Beman Dawes]