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27 | <a name="lambda.getting_started"></a>Getting Started</h3></div></div></div> |
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29 | <dt><span class="section"><a href="getting_started.html#id2707059">Installing the library</a></span></dt> |
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34 | <a name="id2707059"></a>Installing the library</h4></div></div></div> |
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36 | The library consists of include files only, hence there is no |
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37 | installation procedure. The <code class="literal">boost</code> include directory |
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38 | must be on the include path. |
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39 | There are a number of include files that give different functionality: |
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43 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/lambda.hpp</code> defines lambda expressions for different C++ |
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44 | operators, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.operator_expressions" title="Operator expressions">the section called “Operator expressions”</a>. |
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46 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/bind.hpp</code> defines <code class="literal">bind</code> functions for up to 9 arguments, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.bind_expressions" title="Bind expressions">the section called “Bind expressions”</a>.</p></li> |
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47 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/if.hpp</code> defines lambda function equivalents for if statements and the conditional operator, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.lambda_expressions_for_control_structures" title="Lambda expressions for control structures">the section called “Lambda expressions for control structures”</a> (includes <code class="filename">lambda.hpp</code>). |
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48 | </p></li> |
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49 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/loops.hpp</code> defines lambda function equivalent for looping constructs, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.lambda_expressions_for_control_structures" title="Lambda expressions for control structures">the section called “Lambda expressions for control structures”</a>. |
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50 | </p></li> |
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51 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/switch.hpp</code> defines lambda function equivalent for the switch statement, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.lambda_expressions_for_control_structures" title="Lambda expressions for control structures">the section called “Lambda expressions for control structures”</a>. |
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52 | </p></li> |
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53 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/construct.hpp</code> provides tools for writing lambda expressions with constructor, destructor, new and delete invocations, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.construction_and_destruction" title="Construction and destruction">the section called “Construction and destruction”</a> (includes <code class="filename">lambda.hpp</code>). |
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54 | </p></li> |
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55 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/casts.hpp</code> provides lambda versions of different casts, as well as <code class="literal">sizeof</code> and <code class="literal">typeid</code>, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.cast_expressions" title=" |
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56 | Cast expressions |
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57 | ">the section called “ |
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58 | Cast expressions |
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59 | ”</a>. |
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60 | </p></li> |
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61 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/exceptions.hpp</code> gives tools for throwing and catching |
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62 | exceptions within lambda functions, <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.exceptions" title="Exceptions">the section called “Exceptions”</a> (includes |
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63 | <code class="filename">lambda.hpp</code>). |
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64 | </p></li> |
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65 | <li><p><code class="filename">lambda/algorithm.hpp</code> and <code class="filename">lambda/numeric.hpp</code> (cf. standard <code class="filename">algortihm</code> and <code class="filename">numeric</code> headers) allow nested STL algorithm invocations, see <a href="le_in_details.html#lambda.nested_stl_algorithms" title="Nesting STL algorithm invocations">the section called “Nesting STL algorithm invocations”</a>. |
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70 | Any other header files in the package are for internal use. |
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71 | Additionally, the library depends on two other Boost Libraries, the |
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72 | <span class="emphasis"><em>Tuple</em></span>[<a href="../lambda.html#cit:boost::tuple" title="[tuple]"><span class="abbrev">tuple</span></a>] and the <span class="emphasis"><em>type_traits</em></span>[<a href="../lambda.html#cit:boost::type_traits" title="[type_traits]"><span class="abbrev">type_traits</span></a>] libraries, and on the <code class="filename">boost/ref.hpp</code> header. |
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73 | </p> |
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75 | All definitions are placed in the namespace <code class="literal">boost::lambda</code> and its subnamespaces. |
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80 | <a name="id2707319"></a>Conventions used in this document</h4></div></div></div> |
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81 | <p>In most code examples, we omit the namespace prefixes for names in the <code class="literal">std</code> and <code class="literal">boost::lambda</code> namespaces. |
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82 | Implicit using declarations |
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83 | </p> |
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84 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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85 | using namespace std; |
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86 | using namespace boost::lambda; |
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