The interface of C++ standard library is defined by the following collection of header files
Concepts library
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<concepts> (since C++20)
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Fundamental library concepts
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Utilities library
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<cstdlib>
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General purpose utilities: program control, dynamic memory allocation, random numbers, sort and search
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<csignal>
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Functions and macro constants for signal management
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<csetjmp>
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Macro (and function) that saves (and jumps) to an execution context
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<cstdarg>
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Handling of variable length argument lists
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<typeinfo>
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Runtime type information utilities
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<typeindex> (since C++11)
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std::type_index
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<type_traits> (since C++11)
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Compile-time type information
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<bitset>
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std::bitset class template
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<functional>
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Function objects, Function invocations, Bind operations and Reference wrappers
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<utility>
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Various utility components
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<ctime>
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C-style time/date utilites
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<chrono> (since C++11)
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C++ time utilites
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<cstddef>
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standard macros and typedefs
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<initializer_list> (since C++11)
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std::initializer_list class template
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<tuple> (since C++11)
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std::tuple class template
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<any> (since C++17)
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std::any class
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<optional> (since C++17)
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std::optional class template
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<variant> (since C++17)
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std::variant class template
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<compare> (since C++20)
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Three-way comparison operator support
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<version> (since C++20)
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supplies implementation-dependent library information
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Dynamic memory management
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<new>
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Low-level memory management utilities
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<memory>
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Higher level memory management utilities
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<scoped_allocator> (since C++11)
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Nested allocator class
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<memory_resource> (since C++17)
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Polymorphic allocators and memory resources
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Numeric limits
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<climits>
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limits of integral types
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<cfloat>
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limits of float types
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<cstdint> (since C++11)
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fixed-size types and limits of other types
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<cinttypes> (since C++11)
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formatting macros , intmax_t and uintmax_t math and conversions
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<limits>
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standardized way to query properties of arithmetic types
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Error handling
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<exception>
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Exception handling utilities
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<stdexcept>
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Standard exception objects
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<cassert>
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Conditionally compiled macro that compares its argument to zero
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<system_error> (since C++11)
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defines std::error_code, a platform-dependent error code
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<cerrno>
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Macro containing the last error number
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<contract> (since C++20)
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Contract violation information
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Strings library
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<cctype>
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Functions to determine the type contained in character data
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<cwctype>
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Functions to determine the type contained in wide character data
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<cstring>
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various narrow character string handling functions
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<cwchar>
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various wide and multibyte string handling functions
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<cuchar> (since C++11)
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C-style Unicode character conversion functions
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<string>
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std::basic_string class template
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<string_view> (since C++17)
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std::basic_string_view class template
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<charconv> (since C++17)
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std::to_chars and std::from_chars
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Containers library
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<array> (since C++11)
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std::array container
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<vector>
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std::vector container
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<deque>
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std::deque container
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<list>
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std::list container
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<forward_list> (since C++11)
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std::forward_list container
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<set>
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std::set and std::multiset associative containers
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<map>
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std::map and std::multimap associative containers
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<unordered_set> (since C++11)
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std::unordered_set and std::unordered_multiset unordered associative containers
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<unordered_map> (since C++11)
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std::unordered_map and std::unordered_multimap unordered associative containers
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<stack>
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std::stack container adaptor
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<queue>
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std::queue and std::priority_queue container adaptors
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<span> (since C++20)
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std::span view
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Algorithms library
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<algorithm>
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Algorithms that operate on containers
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<execution> (C++17)
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Predefined execution policies for parallel versions of the algorithms
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Iterators library
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<iterator>
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Container iterators
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Numerics library
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<cmath>
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Common mathematics functions
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<complex>
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Complex number type
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<valarray>
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Class for representing and manipulating arrays of values
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<random> (since C++11)
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Random number generators and distributions
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<numeric>
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Numeric operations on values in containers
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<ratio> (since C++11)
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Compile-time rational arithmetic
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<cfenv> (since C++11)
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Floating-point environment access functions
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<bit> (since C++20)
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Bit manipulation functions
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Input/output library
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<iosfwd>
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forward declarations of all classes in the input/output library
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<ios>
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std::ios_base class, std::basic_ios class template and several typedefs
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<istream>
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std::basic_istream class template and several typedefs
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<ostream>
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std::basic_ostream, std::basic_iostream class templates and several typedefs
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<iostream>
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several standard stream objects
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<fstream>
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std::basic_fstream, std::basic_ifstream, std::basic_ofstream class templates and several typedefs
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<sstream>
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std::basic_stringstream, std::basic_istringstream, std::basic_ostringstream class templates and several typedefs
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<syncstream> (since C++20)
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std::basic_osyncstream, std::basic_syncbuf, and typedefs
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<strstream>(deprecated)
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std::strstream, std::istrstream, std::ostrstream
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<iomanip>
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Helper functions to control the format of input and output
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<streambuf>
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std::basic_streambuf class template
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<cstdio>
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C-style input-output functions
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Localization library
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<locale>
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Localization utilities
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<clocale>
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C localization utilities
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<codecvt> (since C++11) (deprecated in C++17)
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Unicode conversion facilities
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Regular Expressions library
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<regex> (since C++11)
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Classes, algorithms and iterators to support regular expression processing
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Atomic Operations library
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<atomic> (since C++11)
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Atomic operations library
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Thread support library
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<thread> (since C++11)
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std::thread class and supporting functions
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<mutex> (since C++11)
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mutual exclusion primitives
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<shared_mutex> (since C++14)
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shared mutual exclusion primitives
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<future> (since C++11)
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primitives for asynchronous computations
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<condition_variable> (since C++11)
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thread waiting conditions
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Filesystem library
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<filesystem> (since C++17)
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std::path class and supporting functions
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Experimental libraries
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Filesystem TS
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<experimental/filesystem> (filesystem TS)
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Filesystem library
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Extension for Parallelism
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<experimental/algorithm> (parallelism TS)
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Non-numeric parallel algorithms
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<experimental/execution_policy> (parallelism TS)
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Execution policies
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<experimental/exception_list> (parallelism TS)
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Parallel exceptions
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<experimental/numeric> (parallelism TS)
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Numeric parallel algorithms
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Extensions for Library Fundamentals
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<experimental/algorithm> (library fundamentals TS)
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sample and search
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<experimental/any> (library fundamentals TS)
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any
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<experimental/chrono> (library fundamentals TS)
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Variable templates for type traits
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<experimental/deque> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/forward_list> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/future> (library fundamentals TS)
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promise and packaged_task using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/list> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/functional> (library fundamentals TS)
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function using polymorphic allocators and searchers
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<experimental/map> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/memory> (library fundamentals TS)
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shared_ptr and weak_ptr with array support
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<experimental/memory_resource> (library fundamentals TS)
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Polymorphic allocators and memory resources
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<experimental/optional> (library fundamentals TS)
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optional
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<experimental/ratio> (library fundamentals TS)
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Variable templates for type traits
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<experimental/regex> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/set> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/string> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/string_view> (library fundamentals TS)
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basic_string_view
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<experimental/system_error> (library fundamentals TS)
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Variable templates for type traits
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<experimental/tuple> (library fundamentals TS)
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Variable templates for type traits and apply
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<experimental/type_traits> (library fundamentals TS)
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Variable templates for type traits and invocation_type
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<experimental/unordered_map> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/unordered_set> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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<experimental/utility> (library fundamentals TS)
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erased_type
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<experimental/vector> (library fundamentals TS)
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Convenience aliases for containers using polymorphic allocators
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Extensions for Concurrency
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<experimental/atomic> (concurrency TS)
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atomic_shared_ptr and atomic_weak_ptr
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<experimental/barrier> (concurrency TS)
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barrier and flex_barrier
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<experimental/future> (concurrency TS)
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Extensions for std::future
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<experimental/latch> (concurrency TS)
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latch
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Extensions for Library Fundamentals v2
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<experimental/algorithm> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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sample and shuffle
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<experimental/array> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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make_array and to_array
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<experimental/deque> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase and erase_if
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<experimental/forward_list> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase and erase_if
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<experimental/functional> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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not_fn
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<experimental/iterator> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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ostream_joiner
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<experimental/list> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase and erase_if
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<experimental/map> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase_if and erase_if
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<experimental/memory> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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observer_ptr
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<experimental/numeric> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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gcd and lcm
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<experimental/propagate_const> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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propagate_const
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<experimental/random> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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randint and reseed
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<experimental/set> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase_if and erase_if
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<experimental/source_location> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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source_location
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<experimental/string> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase and erase_if
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<experimental/type_traits> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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Metafunctions and detection idiom
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<experimental/unordered_map> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase_if and erase_if
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<experimental/unordered_set> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase_if and erase_if
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<experimental/vector> (library fundamentals TS v2)
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erase and erase_if
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Ranges TS
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<experimental/ranges/algorithm> (ranges TS)
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Algorithms library
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<experimental/ranges/concepts> (ranges TS)
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Concepts library
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<experimental/ranges/functional> (ranges TS)
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Function objects
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<experimental/ranges/iterator> (ranges TS)
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Iterators library
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<experimental/ranges/random> (ranges TS)
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UniformRandomNumberGenerator concept
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<experimental/ranges/range> (ranges TS)
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Ranges library
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<experimental/ranges/tuple> (ranges TS)
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Tagged tuples
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<experimental/ranges/type_traits> (ranges TS)
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Metaprogramming and type traits
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<experimental/ranges/utility> (ranges TS)
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Utility components
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<assert.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cassert> is placed in global namespace
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<ctype.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cctype> is placed in global namespace
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<errno.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cerrno> is placed in global namespace
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<fenv.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cfenv> is placed in global namespace
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<float.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cfloat> is placed in global namespace
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<inttypes.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cinttypes> is placed in global namespace
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<limits.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <climits> is placed in global namespace
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<locale.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <clocale> is placed in global namespace
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<math.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cmath> is placed in global namespace
except for names of mathematical special functions
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<setjmp.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <csetjmp> is placed in global namespace
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<signal.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <csignal> is placed in global namespace
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<stdarg.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cstdarg> is placed in global namespace
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<stddef.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cstddef> is placed in global namespace
except for names of std::byte and related functions
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<stdint.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cstdint> is placed in global namespace
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<stdio.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cstdio> is placed in global namespace
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<stdlib.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cstdlib> is placed in global namespace
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<string.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cstring> is placed in global namespace
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<time.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <ctime> is placed in global namespace
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<uchar.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cuchar> is placed in global namespace
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<wchar.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cwchar> is placed in global namespace
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<wctype.h> (deprecated)
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behaves as if each name from <cwctype> is placed in global namespace
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