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385d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <p>libc++ is a new implementation of the C++ standard library, targeting
395d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)     C++0X.</p>
405d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
415d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <p>All of the code in libc++ is available under the standard
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445d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  
455d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <!--=====================================================================-->
465d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <h2 id="goals">Features and Goals</h2>
475d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <!--=====================================================================-->
485d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  
495d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)    <ul>
505d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Correctness as defined by the (currently draft) C++0X standard.</li>
515d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Fast execution.</li>
525d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Minimal memory use.</li>
535d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Fast compile times.</li>
545d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>ABI compatibility with gcc's libstdc++ for some low-level features
555d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)            such as exception objects, rtti and memory allocation.</li>
565d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Extensive unit tests.</li>
575d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)    </ul>
585d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
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605d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <h2 id="requirements">Platform Support</h2>
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625d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
635d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)   <p>libc++ is known to work on the following platforms, using g++-4.2 and
645d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)      clang (lack of C++0X language support disables some functionality).</p>
655d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
665d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)    <ul>
675d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)     <li>Mac OS X i386</li>
685d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)     <li>Mac OS X x86_64</li>
695d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)    </ul>
705d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
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725d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <h2 id="dir-structure">Current Status</h2>
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745d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
755d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)   <p>libc++ is still under development.  It has about 85% of
765d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)      <a href="http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2010/n3092.pdf">N3092</a>
775d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)      implemented/tested.</p>
785d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
795d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)   <ul>
805d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Missing <code>&lt;future&gt;</code></li>
815d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Missing <code>&lt;regex&gt;</code></li>
825d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)        <li>Under construction <code>&lt;random&gt;</code></li>
835d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)   </ul>
845d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
855d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)   <p>libc++ is currently dependent upon a separate library for the low-level
865d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)      ABI compatibility with gcc.  As a workaround it can be linked against
875d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)      gcc's libstdc++.</p>
885d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
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905d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <h2>Get it and get involved!</h2>
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925d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  
935d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <p>To check out the code, use:</p>
945d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  
955d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <ul>
965d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <li><code>svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/libcxx/trunk libcxx</code></li>
975d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <li><code>cd libcxx/lib</code></li>
985d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <li><code>/buildit</code></li>
995d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  </ul>
1005d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
1015d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <p>To run the libc++ test suit (recommended):</p>
1025d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)
1035d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <ul>
1045d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <li><code>cd libcxx/test</code></li>
1055d1f7b1de12d16ceb2c938c56701a3e8bfa558f7Torne (Richard Coles)  <li><code>/testit</code></li>
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