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Boost Libraries

• array - STL compliant container wrapper for arrays of constant size from Nicolai Josuttis.
• compose - functional composition adapters for the STL from Nicolai Josuttis.
• dir_it - a set of file system directory level iterators from Dietmar Kühl.
• functional - enhanced function object adaptors from Mark Rodgers.
• graph - generic graph components and algorithms from Jeremy Siek & a University of Notre Dame team.
• integer - headers for dealing with integral types.
• random - a complete system for random number generation from Jens Maurer.
• rational - a rational number class from Paul Moore.
• regex - regular expression library from John Maddock.
• smart_ptr - four smart pointer classes from Greg Colvin and Beman Dawes.
• timer - event timer, progress timer, and progress display classes from Beman Dawes
• utility - various utility classes and functions:
  • call_traits Defines types for passing parameters from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
  • compressed_pair Empty member optimization from John Maddock, Howard Hinnant, et al.
  • operators Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek
  • type_traits Templates for fundamental properties of types from John Maddock, Steve Cleary, et al.
  • utility Class noncopyable plus next(),  prior(), and tie() function templates from Dave Abrahams and others.

See Compiler Status to find out what library works with which compiler.

Obsolete Libraries

• min_rand - a random number generator class from Beman Dawes. Replaced by random.

Beta Libraries

• array_traits - tools to treat built-in arrays more like STL containers from Dietmar Kühl. Also see array.
• casts - cast templates improve clarity and safety; utility library contribution from Dave Abrahams and Kevlin Henney.
• heaps - a heap of priority queues from Dietmar Kühl.

Download

You may download all of boost as a single ZIP file.  As many boost headers include other boost headers, installing one at at time is painful. This is a first try at making installation easier. 

If you don't already have a ZIP file decoder, download one from the Info-ZIP web site.

Revised 26 Sep 2000