documentation about files

[llewelly@dbritsch.dsl.xmission.com]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Martin v. Loewis wrote:

> > is there any minimal documentation about the files in the current stdc++?
> 
> Yes, and no. Yes, there is plenty of documentation on Standard C++; I
> recommend the 3rd edition of Stroustrup's book, and the standard is
> also available. 

If you want documentation on the standard C++ libraries, Austern's
  _Generic Programming and the STL_ is (in my opinion) the best there is,
  though it does not document things like <string>, <iostream>, which are
  part of the standard C++ library, but not part of the STL.

> g++ implements the standards as close as feasible, so
> that any deviations would be considered bugs. From that point of view,
> there is no need for extra documentation.
> 
> No, g++ does not ship with online documentation about libstdc++. The
> primary reason for that is that nobody has written anything. When you
> do, please send patches to this list, or gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
>