C Standard Library, The: A Tutorial and Reference (Paperback)

The C Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference, Second Edition, describes this library as now incorporated into the new ANSI/ISO C language standard (C 11). The book provides comprehensive documentation of each library component, including an introduction to its purpose and design; clearly written explanations of complex concepts; the practical programming details needed for effective use; traps and pitfalls; the exact signature and definition of the most important classes and functions; and numerous examples of working code. The book focuses in particular on the Standard Template Library (STL), examining containers, iterators, function objects, and STL algorithms.

Salient Features
* Thoroughly documents each library component incorporated in the brand-new C standard
* Clearly explains complex concepts, and presents the practical detailed programmers need to use the Standard Library effectively
* Contains many examples of working code, all available for download at an accompanying website

About the Author
Nicolai M. Josuttis is an independent technical consultant who designs mid-sized and large software systems for the telecommunication, traffic, finance, and manufacturing industries. A former member of the C Standard Committee library working group, he is well known in the programming community for his authoritative books. In addition to The C Standard Library, a worldwide best-seller since its first publication in 1999, his books include C Templates: The Complete Guide (with David Vandevoorde, Addison-Wesley, 2003) and SOA in Practice: The Art of Distributed System Design (O’Reilly Media, 2007).

Table of Contents
* Preface to the Second Edition
* Acknowledgments for the Second Edition
* Preface to the First Edition
* Acknowledgments for the First Edition
* Chapter 1: About This Book
* Chapter 2: Introduction to C and the Standard Library
* Chapter 3: New Language Features
* Chapter 4: General Concepts
* Chapter 5: Utilities
* Chapter 6: The Standard Template Library
* Chapter 7: STL Containers
* Chapter 8: STL Container Members in Detail
* Chapter 9: STL Iterators
* Chapter 10: STL Function Objects and Using Lambdas
* Chapter 11: STL Algorithms
* Chapter 12: Special Containers
* Chapter 13: Strings
* Chapter 14: Regular Expressions
* Chapter 15: Input/Output Using Stream Classes
* Chapter 16: Internationalization
* Chapter 17: Numerics
* Chapter 18: Concurrency
* Chapter 19: Allocators
* Bibliography
* Index