Top "Standard-library" questions

What language are the C and C++ standard libraries written in?

C and C++ by themselves can't actually do anything, they need the libraries to work. So how were the libraries …

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Why doesn't Clang come with standard library headers?

I downloaded Clang 3.6.2 from this website and am trying to set it up with Code::Blocks under Windows. Unfortunately, it …

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Is there a maxheap in the C++ standard library?

I know the std::priority_queue class implements a minheap. Is there a way to use this as a Max …

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Compile-time reflection in C++1z?

There is a study group in the C++ standardization committee to provide compile-time reflection in C++1z or after. I …

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Why does the reverse() function in the Swift standard library return ReverseRandomAccessCollection?

Now that I've learned Swift (to a reasonable level) I'm trying to get to grips with the standard library, but …

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How does memchr() work under the hood?

Background: I'm trying to create a pure D language implementation of functionality that's roughly equivalent to C's memchr but uses …

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Which functions in the C standard library commonly encourage bad practice?

This is inspired by this question and the comments on one particular answer in that I learnt that strncpy is …

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