B.2. STL Overview
STL includes template container classes for storing objects, template iterator classes for accessing objects within containers, and generic algorithms that manipulate objects through iterators. Figure B.1 depicts these three major components.
Figure B.1. STL component overview
The bottom half of Figure B.1 is a more detailed description of the three components in the top half. In both parts of the diagram, iterators are shown in the middle, providing a “plug compatible” connector between containers and algorithms. For example, container list is plug-compatible with bidirectional iterators (and all iterators “below” it). Generic ...
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