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Extended STL, Volume 1: Collections and Iterators
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- a new book by
Matthew Wilson
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Extended STL shows how to go beyond the C++ standard and
extend the Standard Template Library into the wider C++ world
of APIs and non-standard collections, to write software that is
more efficient, expressive, flexible, and robust.
In Volume 1,
innovative techniques help you master STL extension in
two important areas: adapting technology-specific libraries and
operating system APIs to STL-compliant collections, and defining
sophisticated iterator adaptors with which the latent efficiency
and expressive power of STL can be realized. Using real-world
examples, several powerful concepts and techniques are
illustrated, enabling you to extend STL in directions never
envisioned by its creators, including collections, element
reference categories, external iterator invalidation
and inferred interface adaptation.
The focus throughout the book is on helping the reader to
write components that are robust, efficient, portable and,
importantly, discoverable. The approach is a very practical one,
taking readers through the development of real components,
highlighting pitfalls and illustrating missteps taken in their
development, and providing copious tips on how to avoid them.
Extended STL, Volume 1 can be purchased now from
Amazon.com
or from
Addison-Wesley Professional.
Extended STL, Volume 2: Adaptors, Algorithms, Allocators,
Functions, Ranges and Views is currently in preparation
and will be published by Addison-Wesley in 2008.
Volume 1 Sample Material
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