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Standard Headers

Standard Template Library

and the

Standard C Library
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 In C++11 only

Everything inside C++'s standard library is kept in the std:: namespace.

Old compilers may include headers with a .h suffix (e.g. the non-standard <iostream.h> vs. the standard <iostream>) instead of the standard headers. These names were common before the standardization of C++ and some compilers still include these headers for backwards compatibility. Rather than using the std:: namespace, these older headers pollute the global namespace and may otherwise only implement the standard in a limited way.

Some vendors use the SGI STL headers. This was the first implementation of the standard template library.

Non-standard but somewhat common C++ libraries
  1. ↑ Streams based on FILE* from stdio.h.
  2. ↑ Precursor to iostream. Old stream library mostly included for backwards compatibility even with old compilers.
  3. ↑ Uses char* whereas sstream uses string. Prefer the standard library sstream.

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