Re: Bits Question

[Kip Warner <kip at thevertigo dot com>]

On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 12:26 +0000, Christopher Jefferson wrote:
> 'bits' is not platform specific, but more internal details and
> organisation. You shouldn't be including these headers directly, they
> are all included by the appropriate proper headers. As an example, all
> the <algorithm> header does is:
> 
> #include <bits/stl_algobase.h>
> #include <bits/stl_construct.h>
> #include <bits/stl_uninitialized.h>
> #include <bits/stl_algo.h>
> 
> stl_algobase.h for example contains a small set of algorithms which
> are used in many places (swap, min, max, copy, etc.), so other headers
> can only include the parts of <algorithm> they need.
> 
> Of course, you should NEVER include any of those headers directly,
> there is no attempt to make sure you can include any of these headers
> directly.
> 
> Chris 

For sure. And while I know one should not directly include it, I meant
under what circumstances would a developer working on their own project
have such a directory? What does the "bits" stand for anyways?

Thank you.

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