From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: STL
Date: 17 Nov 1999 14:12:41 -0800
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"Morpheus" <hall AT cs DOT unt DOT edu> writes:

> Well, I found the STD directory in the include directory, but it doesn't
> contain a lot. (What's the "D" in STD stand for anyway?) It seems a bit
> different also, as the basic_string template doesn't have a typedef like
> this: typedef string basic_string<char*> like the one in the STL does. So
> I'm assuming the STD and the STL are not exactly the same.
> 
> I downloaded the STL from www.sgi.com, and they have NO installation
> instructions. The main thing I'm worried about is the files with no
> extension. They are ASCII header files, but they have no extension. I don't
> know why this is so, and I don't know if I should just add the .h extension
> on them. Most of the other headers have the .h extension already. I'm just
> figuring that these files needed to be optional  to install for some reason.
> 
> So, should I just make an STL directory under include, and stuff it all in
> there?

Whoa!  The STL is included in libstdc++, so if you have the standard
C++ stuff installed, you already have it.  What made you think you
needed something extra?  Did something not work normally?
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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu