Dependencies

Boost.Bimap is built on top of several Boost libraries. The rationale behind this decision is keeping the Boost code base small by reusing existent code. The libraries used are well-established and have been tested extensively, making this library easy to port since all the hard work has already been done. The glue that holds everything together is Boost.MPL. Clearly Boost.MultiIndex is the heart of this library.

Table 1.4. Boost Libraries needed by Boost.Bimap

Name	Description	author
Boost.MultiIndex	Containers with multiple STL-compatible access interfaces	Joaquín M López Muñoz
Boost.MPL	Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes	Aleksey Gurtovoy
Boost.TypeTraits	Templates for fundamental properties of types.	John Maddock, Steve Cleary
Boost.enable_if	Selective inclusion of function template overloads	Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah Willcock, Andrew Lumsdaine
Boost.Iterators	Iterator construction framework, adaptors, concepts, and more.	Dave Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, Thomas Witt
Boost.call_traits	Defines types for passing parameters.	John Maddock, Howard Hinnant
Boost.StaticAssert	Static assertions (compile time assertions).	John Maddock

Table 1.5. Optional Boost Libraries

Name	Description	author	Purpose
Boost.Serialization	Serialization for persistence and marshalling	Robert Ramey	Serialization support for bimap containers and iterators
Boost.Assign	Filling containers with constant or generated data has never been easier	Thorsten Ottosen	Help to fill a bimap or views of it
Boost.Hash	A TR1 hash function object that can be extended to hash user defined types	Daniel James	Default hashing function
Boost.Lambda	Define small unnamed function objects at the actual call site, and more	from Jaakko Järvi, Gary Powell	Functors for modify, range, lower_bound and upper_bound
Boost.Range	A new infrastructure for generic algorithms that builds on top of the new iterator concepts	Thorsten Ottosen	Range based algorithms
Boost.PropertyMap	Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to value objects	Jeremy Siek	Integration with BGL

Table 1.6. Additional Boost Libraries needed to run the test-suite

Name	Description	author
Boost.Test	Support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring.	Gennadiy Rozental