STL Pocket Reference (Collector's and Revised) ( Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)

The STL Pocket Reference describes the functions, classes, and templates in that part of the C++ standard library often referred to as the Standard Template Library (STL). The STL encompasses containers, iterators, algorithms, and function objects, which collectively represent one of the most important and widely used subsets of standard library functionality.The C++ standard library, even the subset known as the STL, is vast. It's next to impossible to work with the STL without some sort of reference at your side to remind you of template parameters, function invocations, return types--indeed, the entire myriad of details you need to know in order to use the STL effectively and get work done. You need a memory-aid.Books that cover the standard library and the STL tend to be quite heavy and large, describing each aspect of the STL in detail. Such books are great when you're not familiar with the library, but get in the way when you simply need to remind yourself of a function name, or the order in which you pass arguments to a function. Programmers familiar with the STL need a small, lightweight memory-aid. That's what the STL Pocket Reference is. It's small, lightweight, and chock-full of information that you can take in at a glance, so you can get on with your work.

《STL Pocket Reference》描述了C++標準庫中被稱為標準模板庫（STL）的部分中的函數、類和模板。STL包括容器、迭代器、算法和函數對象，這些共同代表了標準庫功能中最重要且被廣泛使用的子集之一。C++標準庫，即使是被稱為STL的子集，也是非常龐大的。在沒有參考資料的情況下，幾乎不可能有效地使用STL，以及完成工作所需的模板參數、函數調用和返回類型等各種細節。你需要一個記憶輔助工具。涵蓋標準庫和STL的書籍往往非常厚重且龐大，詳細描述STL的每個方面。當你對庫不熟悉時，這樣的書籍非常有用，但當你只需要提醒自己一個函數名稱或傳遞參數的順序時，這樣的書籍反而妨礙你。熟悉STL的程序員需要一個小巧、輕便的記憶輔助工具。這就是《STL Pocket Reference》的用途。它小巧、輕便，並且充滿了你可以一目了然地獲取的信息，這樣你就可以繼續工作了。