Chapter 1. Boost Libraries Documentation

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Table of Contents

Preface
Libraries
Tools

Preface

	Note
This page is not an official Boost Page, it is just a proof of concept. The logos in this page are not the official logos of each library.

Note

This page is not an official Boost Page, it is just a proof of concept. The logos in this page are not the official logos of each library.

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

See Getting Started page to find out how to download, build, and install the libraries.

Documentation for some Boost libraries is available in other forms, including DocBook, XSL Formatting Objects, and Unix man pages. This documentation is [http://www.boost.org available on Sourceforge].

Libraries

	Name
	Boost.Any Safe, generic container for single values of different value types. Kevlin Henney
	Boost.Array STL compliant container wrapper for arrays of constant size. Nicolai Josuttis
	Boost.Bimap Bidirectional maps. Matias Capeletto
	Boost.Config Helps boost library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not intended for library users. Various authors
	Boost.MPL Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes. Aleksey Gurtovoy
	Boost.MultiIndex Containers with multiple STL-compatible access interfaces. Joaquín López Muñoz
	Boost.NumericConversion Optimized Policy-based Numeric Conversions. Fernando Cacciola
	Boost.Optional Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values. Fernando Cacciola
	Boost.Python Reflects C++ classes and functions into Python. Dave Abrahams
	Boost.Test Support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring. Gennadiy Rozental
	Boost.Wave Standards conformant implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor functionality packed behind an easy to use iterator interface. Hartmut Kaiser

Tools

	Name
	Boost.Quickbook QuickBook is a WikiWiki style documentation tool geared towards C++ documentation using simple rules and markup for simple formatting tasks. Joel de Guzman, Eric Niebler
	Boost.Build Boost.Build is a system for large project software construction, which is simple to use and powerfull. David Abrahams, Vladimir Prus

Name

Boost.Quickbook

QuickBook is a WikiWiki style documentation tool geared towards C++ documentation using simple rules and markup for simple formatting tasks.

Joel de Guzman, Eric Niebler

Boost.Build

Boost.Build is a system for large project software construction, which is simple to use and powerfull.

David Abrahams, Vladimir Prus