Chapter 10

The Standard Template Library

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • The capabilities offered by the Standard Template Library (STL)
  • How to use smart pointers
  • How to create and use containers
  • How to use iterators with containers
  • The types of algorithms that are available with the STL, and how you can apply the more common ones
  • How to use function objects with the STL
  • How to define lambda expressions and use them with the STL
  • How to use polymorphic function wrappers with lambda expressions

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