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+ The unpacked source directory of libstdc++ contains the files
+ needed to create the GNU C++ Library.
+ </p><div class="literallayout"><p><br />
+It has subdirectories:<br />
+<br />
+ doc<br />
+ Files in HTML and text format that document usage, quirks of the<br />
+ implementation, and contributor checklists.<br />
+<br />
+ include<br />
+ All header files for the C++ library are within this directory,<br />
+ modulo specific runtime-related files that are in the libsupc++<br />
+ directory.<br />
+<br />
+ include/std<br />
+ Files meant to be found by #include <name> directives in<br />
+ standard-conforming user programs. <br />
+<br />
+ include/c<br />
+ Headers intended to directly include standard C headers. <br />
+ [NB: this can be enabled via --enable-cheaders=c]<br />
+<br />
+ include/c_global <br />
+ Headers intended to include standard C headers in<br />
+ the global namespace, and put select names into the std::<br />
+ namespace. [NB: this is the default, and is the same as<br />
+ --enable-cheaders=c_global]<br />
+<br />
+ include/c_std <br />
+ Headers intended to include standard C headers<br />
+ already in namespace std, and put select names into the std::<br />
+ namespace. [NB: this is the same as --enable-cheaders=c_std]<br />
+<br />
+ include/bits<br />
+ Files included by standard headers and by other files in<br />
+ the bits directory. <br />
+<br />
+ include/backward<br />
+ Headers provided for backward compatibility, such as <iostream.h>.<br />
+ They are not used in this library.<br />
+<br />
+ include/ext<br />
+ Headers that define extensions to the standard library. No<br />
+ standard header refers to any of them.<br />
+<br />
+ scripts<br />
+ Scripts that are used during the configure, build, make, or test<br />
+ process.<br />
+<br />
+ src<br />
+ Files that are used in constructing the library, but are not<br />
+ installed.<br />
+<br />
+ testsuites/[backward, demangle, ext, performance, thread, 17_* to 27_*]<br />
+ Test programs are here, and may be used to begin to exercise the <br />
+ library. Support for "make check" and "make check-install" is<br />
+ complete, and runs through all the subdirectories here when this<br />
+ command is issued from the build directory. Please note that<br />
+ "make check" requires DejaGNU 1.4 or later to be installed. Please<br />
+ note that "make check-script" calls the script mkcheck, which<br />
+ requires bash, and which may need the paths to bash adjusted to<br />
+ work properly, as /bin/bash is assumed.<br />
+<br />
+Other subdirectories contain variant versions of certain files<br />
+that are meant to be copied or linked by the configure script.<br />
+Currently these are:<br />
+<br />
+ config/abi<br />
+ config/cpu<br />
+ config/io<br />
+ config/locale<br />
+ config/os<br />
+<br />
+In addition, a subdirectory holds the convenience library libsupc++.<br />
+<br />
+ libsupc++<br />
+ Contains the runtime library for C++, including exception<br />
+ handling and memory allocation and deallocation, RTTI, terminate<br />
+ handlers, etc.<br />
+<br />
+Note that glibc also has a bits/ subdirectory. We will either<br />
+need to be careful not to collide with names in its bits/<br />
+directory; or rename bits to (e.g.) cppbits/.<br />
+<br />
+In files throughout the system, lines marked with an "XXX" indicate<br />
+a bug or incompletely-implemented feature. Lines marked "XXX MT"<br />
+indicate a place that may require attention for multi-thread safety.<br />
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