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<h1>libstdc++-v3 Source Documentation</h1>

<h2> Documentation Overview </h2>

<p class="smallertext">@LEVEL@-level docs, generated @DATE@.</p>

<p>There are two types of documentation for libstdc++-v3.  One is the
   distribution documentation, which can be read online at
   <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/documentation.html">http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/documentation.html</a>
   or offline from docs/html/documentation.html in the library source
   directory.
</p>

<p>The other type is the source documentation, of which this is the first page.
   Both &quot;user-level&quot; and &quot;maintainer-level&quot; source
   documentation is produced:  user-level docs are for the users of this
   library.  The maint-level docs are for those interested in the underlying
   workings of the library; they include all the user-level docs plus
   additional notes and additional classes/functions/etc.
</p>

<p>Here are quick links to the pages which we seem to use the most; a full
   index is at the bottom:
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   <ul>
    <li><a href="annotated.html">Compound List</a>
    <li><a href="classes.html">Alphabetical List</a>
    <li><a href="files.html">File List</a>
    <li><a href="modules.html">Modules</a>
   </ul>
</p>

<h2> Generating this file </h2>
<p>These HTML pages are automatically generated, along with the man pages.
   The Makefile rules <code> 'make doxygen' </code> and
   <code> 'make doxygen-maint' </code> in the libstdc++-v3 build directory
   generates these pages using a tool called, appropriately enough, Doxygen.
   To learn more about Doxygen, take a look at
   <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/">
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<p>The libstdc++-v3 configuration files needed to generate doxygen output
   are located:
   <ul><li><code>docs/doxygen/user.cfg.in</code>
       <li><code>docs/doxygen/run_doxygen</code>
   </ul>
</p>

<h2> libstdc++-v3 doxygen style guide </h2>
<p>In general, libstdc++-v3 files should be formatted according to the
   GNU C++ Coding Standard rules found in the file <a
href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/C++STYLE">C++STYLE</a>.
   Before any doxygen-specific formatting tweaks are made, please try to
   make sure that the initial formatting is sound.
</p>

<p>The formatting guidelines for using libstdc++-v3 with doxygen are still
   incomplete.  There seems to be a marginal preference for the use of
   Java-Doc style formatting, with the idea that the single-line style
   (triple-slash) is the least intrusive mechanism for getting libstdc++-v3
   documented and cross-referenced while at the same time minimizing
   disruption to the current formatting.  Full documentation of functions
   (parameter types, return values, etc) will require the slash-splat-splat
   &quot;extended C&quot; commenting style.
</p>

<h2> Full page index </h2>
<p>Here are entry points to all the pages generated by Doxygen:
   <ul>
    <li><a href="index.html">Main Page</a>
    <li><a href="modules.html">Modules</a>
    <li><a href="namespaces.html">Namespace List</a>
    <li><a href="hierarchy.html">Class Hierarchy</a>
    <li><a href="classes.html">Alphabetical List</a>
    <li><a href="annotated.html">Compound List</a>
    <li><a href="files.html">File List</a>
    <li><a href="namespacemembers.html">Namespace Members</a>
    <li><a href="functions.html">Compound Members</a>
    <li><a href="globals.html">File Members</a>
    <li><a href="todo.html">TODO List</a> (This is incomplete... how ironic.)
   </ul>
</p>


<h2> License, Copyright, and Other Lawyerly Verbosity </h2>
<p>The libstdc++-v3 documentation is released under
   <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/license.html">
   these terms</a>.
</p>
<p>Part of the generated documentation involved comments
   and notes from SGI, who says we gotta say this:
   <blockquote>
   Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its
   documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
   that the below copyright notice appears in all copies and that both
   the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
   documentation. Silicon Graphics makes no representations about the
   suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
   without express or implied warranty.
   <br><br>
   Copyright &copy; 1994
   Hewlett-Packard Company
   </blockquote>
</p>
<p>Part of the generated documentation is quoted from the ISO C++ Standard,
   which is Copyright &copy; 1998 by Information Technology Industry Council.
</p>

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