DIfference between manpages-dev and libstdc++ manpage

[flylehe]

Hi,
I was wondering what is the difference between manpages-dev and libstdc++ manpage?
Is there a manpage used in terminal to show the basic syntax for C and C++ like for class, virtual function, while, for and etc...?
Thanks!

[snova]

I was wondering what is the difference between manpages-dev and libstdc++ manpage?

I've never heard of libstdc++ manpages, what/where are they?


Is there a manpage used in terminal to show the basic syntax for C and C++ like for class, virtual function, while, for and etc...?

Not to my knowledge.

http://www.cplusplus.com/

[flylehe]

libstdc++ is GNU standard C++ library and has its own manpage.
So do you know the part of manpages-dev for C and C++? What does it cover?

[snova]

libstdc++ is GNU standard C++ library and has its own manpage.

I've never seen it. What package is it in?


So do you know the part of manpages-dev for C and C++? What does it cover?

I think it's mostly C, but most (if not all) of the standard C library, and Linux system calls. There are over 1,600 manpages in it.

[flylehe]

If you type: apt-cache search libstdc++, you will get a bunch of packages.

[snova]

If you type: apt-cache search libstdc++, you will get a bunch of packages.

Interesting; wish I'd discovered libstdc++6-4.3-doc earlier. There's about four hundred manpages in it, but the bulk appears to be HTML (about ten times as many files).

As an overall answer, then, manpages-dev covers the C library; libstdc++ the C++ one.

[flylehe]

A new question:
I have such an impression that the info about which file to include is not always clearly specified or even unavailable on manpage. For example, by man std::vector, I am not able to find such info as to add "#include<vector>" in my code if I would like to use std::vector. Or am I missing something?

[WitchCraft]

Or am I missing something?




Constructor & Destructor Documentation
template<typename _Tp, typename _Alloc = std::allocator<_Tp>> std::vector<
_Tp, _Alloc >::vector () [inline]
Default constructor creates no elements.

Definition at line 213 of file stl_vector.h.
stl_vector.h --> #include <vector>

general:
stl_something.h --> #include <something>

http://www.google.com/codesearch
http://code.google.com

[geirha]

A new question:
I have such an impression that the info about which file to include is not always clearly specified or even unavailable on manpage. For example, by man std::vector, I am not able to find such info as to add "#include<vector>" in my code if I would like to use std::vector. Or am I missing something?

It's written in the first line of the synopsis ...


std::vector(3) std::vector(3)

NAME
std::vector - A standard container which offers fixed time access to
individual elements in any order.

SYNOPSIS
#include <vector>

Inherits std::Vector_base< Type, Alloc >.

...

[flylehe]

To WitchCraft: thanks!

To geirha: mine is different:

std::vector(3) std::vector(3)

NAME
std::vector -

SYNOPSIS
Inherits std::_Vector_base< _Tp, _Alloc >.

Inherited by std::match_results< _Bi_iter > [private].

Detailed Description
template<typename _Tp, typename _Alloc = std::allocator<_Tp>> class
std::vector< _Tp, _Alloc >
A standard container which offers fixed time access to individual
elements in any order.

Meets the requirements of a container, a reversible container, and a
sequence, including the optional sequence requirements with the
exception of push_front and pop_front.


I installed libstdc++6-4.3-doc through synaptic package manager. What did you install, geirha?

[geirha]

I installed libstdc++6-4.3-doc through synaptic package manager. What did you install, geirha?

libstdc++-doc on Hardy

[geirha]

libstdc++-doc on Hardy

Err, how did I manage to get that wrong?. I meant libstdc++6-doc (apt:libstdc++6-doc)

[flylehe]

I can't find libstdc++6-doc for installation. Maybe the name is not correct?

[snova]

I can't find libstdc++6-doc for installation. Maybe the name is not correct?

geirha is running Hardy, so if you are running Intrepid, it doesn't exist.

[geirha]

Yeah, according to this, its been around since dapper, and the last release to have that package is Hardy; http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libstdc%2B%2B+-doc&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all. Looking more closely at it, it seems to be documentation for g++-3.4 (which is an ancient version by now), so the version you have installed is probably the preferred one. I wonder why they removed such useful information from the docs though. Doesn't make sense to me.