To change your code from using the existing stack to the STL stack, consider the following actions:

• Change the name of your #include statement from <vector.h> or <vector.hxx> to <stack>.
• Remove the stackdeclare and stackimplement declarations from your code.
• Change all stack(type) declarations to stack<type, deque<type> >. For example, stack(int) si should become stack<int, deque<int> > si.
• Do not specify an initial size for an STL stack. The stack must start out empty and grow dynamically (as you push and pop).
• The following member functions are not supported or have different semantics:

  Nonstandard Stack	STL Stack
  size_used()	Does not exist because the size() function always is equal to the size_used() function.
  full()	Does not exist because the stack always is full.
  pop()	Does not return the popped element. To simulate Compaq C++ Class Library behavior, first get the element as the return type from the top() function and then call the pop() function. For example, change int i=s.pop(); to the following: int i=s.top(); s.pop();

• The STL stack differs from the Compaq C++ Class Library stack in the way errors are detected. Unlike the nonstandard stack, you cannot overflow an STL stack because space is allocated dynamically as you push elements onto the stack. And if you underflow an STL stack, you will get a core dump instead of an error message.

The STL Tutorial and Reference Guide (the Guide) is based on the STL implementation provided by the Hewlett-Packard Company. Because the Compaq C++ STL incorporates changes from the ANSI C++ draft, the two implementations differ slightly. Differences also exist because the Compaq C++ compiler does not currently support all of the new language features specified in the ANSI C++ draft; refer to Section 6.3 for the list of missing language features. This section discusses the remaining differences.

6.4.3.1 Header File Names

The header file names shown in the STL Tutorial and Reference Guide differ from the Compaq C++ header file names, as shown in the following table:

The STL Tutorial and Reference Guide states that you need to compile the run-time .cpp files that are provided with the Hewlett-Packard implementation, such as random.cpp and tempbuf.cpp.

Compaq C++ already provides this run-time support in an object library and automatically links this library into your application; therefore, you can ignore the Guide's comments about compiling this support.

6.4.3.3 Guide Examples Need to Be Modified

The STL Tutorial and Reference Guide contains many example programs. Appendix B of the Guide shows a World Wide Web address (active as of this printing) from which you can copy these example programs. Because of the differences outlined in the previous sections, these example programs must be modified to work with the Compaq C++ STL. To perform the necessary modifications, Compaq C++ provides the following script:

/usr/lib/cmplrs/cxx/update_stl_book_examples.sh 

Before running this script, copy and prepare the example programs. Use the following steps as guidelines:

1. Determine whether you want to use the unzip or gunzip facility. For greater simplicity in preparing the example programs, use unzip.
   If neither unzip nor gunzip is available on your system, you can copy them from the following location:

   ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Alpha/apps

2. Copy the example programs from the following World Wide Web address specified in the Guide:

   http://www.aw.com/cp/musser-saini.html

   • If you will be using unzip, copy these files:

     diction.zip examples.zip

   • If you will be using gunzip, copy these files:

     diction.gz examples.taz

3. If you are using unzip, unzip the files into a directory as follows:

   unzip diction.zip unzip examples.zip

4. If you are using gunzip, unzip the files and unpack the examples into a directory as follows:

   gunzip diction.gz gunzip examples.taz tar -xvf examples.tar

   
   Because the resulting files have uppercase names, you will need to manually rename them to lowercase names.
5. Change your current working directory to the directory where the example programs exist, and execute the script to modify the files as follows:

   sh /usr/lib/cmplrs/cxx/update_stl_book_examples.sh

Now that your example programs are ready, compile them with the following command:

cxx -nopt -define_templates -writable_strings -I. ex.cpp 

To link ex17-01, you must compile screen.cpp and shape.cpp and link with the resulting object files.

This section describes functional differences between the Compaq C++ STL and the STL Tutorial and Reference Guide by chapter.

Chapter 6

• The Guide does not discuss the specialization of vector, vector<bool>, which is in the ANSI C++ draft. See Section 6.3 for information about how the Compaq C++ implementation handles the lack of a bool built-in type.
• The Compaq C++ STL supplies an assign() function, in addition to the assign() function specified in §6.1.7 of the Guide. The function that Compaq C++ supplies has the following signature:

  assign(size_type position, const T& value)

  
  This function assigns value to the element at the position specified by the position argument.

Chapter 18

The Compaq C++ STL description of the reverse_iterator type definition differs from the description in §18.9 of the Guide as follows:

• The Compaq C++ STL type definition of self has an extra Pointer argument as defined in the latest ANSI C++ draft:

  typedef reverse_iterator<RandomAccessIterator, T, Reference, Pointer, Distance> self;

• This extra Pointer argument also occurs in the Compaq C++ STL global functions: operator-, operator+, operator:=,=, and operator<.
• The Compaq C++ STL provides an additional member function: operator->.

Chapter 19

• Besides the member functions listed in §19.1.2 of the Guide, the Compaq C++ STL provides the following member function:

  a.clear()

  
  This function erases all elements in the container.
• Besides the member functions listed in §19.1.3 of the Guide, the Compaq C++ STL provides the following member functions:

  a.assign(q1, q2)

  
  This function erases all the elements in the container and then inserts all elements in the range (q1, q2).

  a.assign(n, t)

  
  This function erases a[n] and inserts t at a[n].

Chapter 20

• The Compaq C++ STL implementation of the for_each() function has a return type of Function and returns f.
• The Compaq C++ STL implementation of the rotate_copy() function has a return type of OutputIterator and returns the past-the-end iterator, result + last - first.

Chapter 22

• The Guide does not mention where allocator is declared. The Compaq C++ STL places the declaration of allocator in the <memory> header.
• See Section 6.3 for a description of how to customize allocators using the Compaq C++ STL implementation.

See also Section 6.5.5 for differences between the Guide string class and the Compaq C++ Standard String Library.

6.4.4 Optional Switch to Control Buffering

The inplace_merge, stable_sort, and stable_partition algorithms require the use of a temporary buffer. Two methods are available for allocating this buffer:

• Preallocate 16K bytes of space on the stack
• Allocate the required amount of storage dynamically

By default, the current Compaq C++ library makes use of the preallocated buffer, which avoids the overhead of run-time allocation. If your application requires a buffer that exceeds 16K, it can not take advantage of this default.

If you are concerned with minimizing the use of stack space in your program, or if your application requires a buffer that exceeds 16K, define the __DEC_DYN_ALLOC macro to enable dynamic buffering. Do this by adding the following to your compile command line:

-D__DEC_DYN_ALLOC 

Compaq C++ provides an implementation of the basic_string Library that consists of the basic_string template class, with parameters for the following:

• Character type
• Character traits type (specified by the template class, char_traits)
• Allocator type

The basic_string Library also declares a string typedef to represent the typical usage, which is a string of normal (skinny) characters. For example:

#include <string> 
 
string str("abc"); // create a string containing "abc" 
str.append('d');   // str now contains "abcd" 
cout << s << endl; // print str to cout 

The wide character typedef (wstring) is not yet supported.

6.5.1 The basic_string Member Functions

The basic_string class can be used as character text, as an array of characters, or as an STL-like sequence of characters. The string member functions described below support these alternative uses.

6.5.1.1 Constructors/Destructors/Assignment

basic_string(const Allocator& a = Allocator());

Constructs an empty string.

basic_string(const basic_string& str, size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos, const Allocator& a = Allocator());

Constructs a string by copying all elements from str, starting at position pos in str and ending at position pos + n.

basic_string(const charT* s, size_type n,const Allocator& a = Allocator());

basic_string(const charT* s, const Allocator& a = Allocator());

Constructs a string from s. If n is supplied it copies only the first n characters from s.

basic_string(size_type n, charT c, const Allocator& a = Allocator());

Constructs a string with n copies of c; that is: string(4,'a') would construct a string of aaaa.

basic_string(iterator begin, iterator end, const Allocator& a = Allocator());

Constructs a string from the characters between begin and end.

~basic_string();

Destroys the string and frees all associated memory.

basic_string& operator=(const basic_string& str);
basic_string& operator=(const charT* s);

basic_string& operator=(charT c);

Assigns str, s, or c to the current string.

size_type size() const;

size_type length() const;

Returns a count of the number of characters in the string.

size_type max_size() const;

Specifies the maximum number of elements that can be in the string, usually limited by the amount of available memory.

void resize(size_type n);

If n is less than the current value of size(), resize() truncates the string to length n. If n is greater than the current value of size(), resize() expands the string to length n and pads the string with null characters.

void resize(size_type n, charT c);

If n is less than the current value of size(), resize() truncates the string to length n. If n is greater than the current value of size(), resize() expands the string to length n and pads the string with c characters.

size_type capacity() const;

Returns the number of elements allocated in the string.

void reserve(size_type res_arg);

Reallocates the string if the current capacity is less than res_arg. Invalidates all iterators, pointers, and references to the string.

bool empty() const;

Returns true if length is zero, otherwise returns false.

charT operator[](size_type pos) const;
reference operator[](size_type pos);

charT at(size_type pos) const;
reference at(size_type pos);

The subscript operator returns the character at position pos in the string. The at() function is similar except it throws an out-of-range exception if pos is invalid, that is, if it is greater than the current length of the string.

basic_string& operator+=(const basic_string& str);
basic_string& operator+=(const charT* s); basic_string& operator+=(charT c);

basic_string& append(const basic_string& str);
basic_string& append(const charT* s);

Appends str, s, or c to the string and returns *this.

basic_string& append(const basic_string& str, size_type pos,
size_type n);

Appends a string constructed by copying all elements from str onto the string, starting at position pos in str and ending at position pos + n. Returns *this.

basic_string& append(const charT* s, size_type n);

Appends onto the string the string created from the first n characters of s. Returns *this.

basic_string& append(size_type n, charT c);

Appends onto the string n number of the value of c. Returns *this.

basic_string& append(iterator first, iterator last);

Appends onto the current string the string constructed from the elements in the range first to last. Returns *this.

basic_string& assigns(const basic_string& str);

basic_string& assigns(const charT* s);

Assigns str or s to the current string. Returns *this.

basic_string& assign(const basic_string& str, size_type pos, size_type n);

Assigns a string constructed by copying onto the current string all elements from str, starting at position pos in str and ending at position pos + n. Returns *this.

basic_string& assign(const charT* s, size_type n);

Assigns the string created from the first n characters of s to the current string. Returns *this.

basic_string& assign(size_type n, charT c);

Assigns n number of values of c to the string. Returns *this.

basic_string& assign(iterator first, iterator last);

Assigns to the current string the string constructed from the elements in the range first to last. Returns *this.

basic_string& insert(size_type pos1, const basic_string& str);

Inserts str into the string after position pos1. Returns *this. If pos1 is greater than the size of the string, this function throws a length-error exception. Returns *this.

basic_string& insert(size_type pos1, const basic_string& str, size_type pos2, size_type n);

Inserts into the string after position pos1 the elements of str beginning at position pos2 and ending at either pos2+n or the end of str (whichever is smallest). If pos1 is greater than the size of the string or pos2 is greater than the size of str, this function throws a length-error exception. Returns *this.

basic_string& insert(size_type pos, const charT* s);

Inserts the character string s into the string beginning after position pos. Returns *this.

basic_string& insert(size_type pos, const charT* s, size_type n);

Inserts the first n characters of the character string s into the string after position pos. Returns *this.

basic_string& insert(size_type pos, size_type n, charT c);

Inserts n copies of the character c into the string after position pos. Returns *this.

iterator insert(iterator p, charT c);

Inserts the character c into the string before the character referred to by p and returns an iterator pointing at the element immediately following p prior to the element being inserted.

void insert(iterator p, size_type n, charT c);

Inserts the n copies of the character c into the string before the character referred to by p.

void insert(iterator p, iterator first, iterator last);

Inserts before the character referred to by p the characters in the string from first up to but not including last

basic_string& erase(size_type pos = 0, size_type n = npos);

Erases from the string the characters beginning at position pos and ending at position n. Returns *this.

iterator erase(iterator pos);

Erases the character in the string at pos and returns an iterator pointing at the element immediately following p prior to the element being erased.

iterator erase(iterator first, iterator last);

Erases the characters in the string from first up to but not including last and returns an iterator pointing at the element immediately following last prior to the element being erased.

basic_string& replace(size_type pos1, size_type n1, const basic_string& str);

Removes the characters in the string from pos1 to pos1+n1 or to the end of the string (whichever is smaller). Inserts str into the string at pos1. Returns *this. If pos1 is greater than the size of the string, this function throws an out-of-range exception.

basic_string& replace(size_type pos1, size_type n1, const basic_string& str, size_type pos2, size_type n);

Removes the characters in the string from pos1 to pos1+n1 or to the end of the string (whichever is smaller). Inserts the string created by using the characters in str from pos2 to pos2+n or the end of str (whichever is less) into the string at pos1. Returns *this. If pos1 is greater than the size of the string or pos2 is greater than str, this function throws an out-of-range exception. If the size of the string minus the size of the string to be removed is greater than the npos minus the size of the string to be inserted, this function throws an length-error exception.

basic_string& replace(size_type pos1, size_type n1, const charT* s);

Removes the characters in the string from pos1 to pos1+n1 or to the end of the string (whichever is smaller). Inserts s into the string at pos1. Returns *this. If pos1 is greater than the size of the string, this function throws an out-of-range exception.

basic_string& replace(size_type pos1, size_type n1, const charT* s,
size_type n2);

Removes the characters in the string from pos1 to pos1+n1 or to the end of the string (whichever is smaller). Inserts the string created by copying the first n2 characters of s into the string at pos1. Returns *this. If pos1 is greater than the size of the string, this function throws an out-of-range exception.

basic_string& replace(size_type pos1, size_type n1, size_type n2,
charT c);

Removes the characters in the string from pos1 to pos1+n1 or to the end of the string (whichever is smaller). Inserts the string created by copying the first n2 characters of the character c into the string at pos1. Returns *this. If pos1 is greater than the size of the string, this function throws an out-of-range exception.

basic_string& replace(iterator i1, iterator i2, const basic_string& str);

Removes the characters in the range i1 to i2 and inserts str at i1. Returns *this.

basic_string& replace(iterator i1, iterator i2, const charT* s);

Removes the characters in the range i1 to i2 and inserts s at i1. Returns *this.

basic_string& replace(iterator i1, iterator i2, const charT* s, size_type n);

Removes the characters in the range i1 to i2 and inserts n characters of s at i1. Returns *this.

basic_string& replace(iterator i1, iterator i2, size_type n, charT c);

Removes the characters in the range i1 to i2 and inserts n copies of the character c at i1. Returns *this.

basic_string& replace(iterator i1, iterator i2, iterator i3, iterator i4);

Removes the characters in the range i1 to i2 and inserts the characters in the range i3 to i4. Returns *this.

size_type copy(charT* s, size_type n, size_type pos = 0) const;

Replaces s with the elements from the string beginning at position pos and ending at either pos+n or the end of the string (whichever is smaller). If pos is greater than the value of size(), this function throws an out-of-range exception. It returns the size of the new string s. Before calling the copy() function, s must have already been allocated to have as least as many elements as needed to hold the results of the copy.

void swap(basic_string<charT, traits, Allocator>& s);

Swaps the contents (that is, the data members) of s and *this.

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