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Mastering the C++17 STL

By : Arthur O'Dwyer
Book Image

Mastering the C++17 STL

By: Arthur O'Dwyer

Overview of this book

Modern C++ has come a long way since 2011. The latest update, C++17, has just been ratified and several implementations are on the way. This book is your guide to the C++ standard library, including the very latest C++17 features. The book starts by exploring the C++ Standard Template Library in depth. You will learn the key differences between classical polymorphism and generic programming, the foundation of the STL. You will also learn how to use the various algorithms and containers in the STL to suit your programming needs. The next module delves into the tools of modern C++. Here you will learn about algebraic types such as std::optional, vocabulary types such as std::function, smart pointers, and synchronization primitives such as std::atomic and std::mutex. In the final module, you will learn about C++'s support for regular expressions and file I/O. By the end of the book you will be proficient in using the C++17 standard library to implement real programs, and you'll have gained a solid understanding of the library's own internals.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Using the standard memory resources

Memory resources in the standard library come in two flavors. Some of them are actual class types, of which you can create instances; and some of them are "anonymous" class types accessed only via singleton functions. Generally you can predict which is which by thinking about whether two objects of the type could ever possibly be "different," or whether the type is basically a singleton anyway.

The simplest memory resource in the <memory_resource> header is the "anonymous" singleton accessed via std::pmr::null_memory_resource(). The definition of this function is something like this:

    class UNKNOWN : public std::pmr::memory_resource {
void *do_allocate(size_t, size_t) override {
throw std::bad_alloc();
}
void do_deallocate(void *, size_t, size_t) override {}
bool do_is_equal(const...