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    The unpacked source directory of libstdc++ contains the files
    needed to create the GNU C++ Library.
  </p><div class="literallayout"><p><br />
It has subdirectories:<br />
<br />
  doc<br />
    Files in HTML and text format that document usage, quirks of the<br />
    implementation, and contributor checklists.<br />
<br />
  include<br />
    All header files for the C++ library are within this directory,<br />
    modulo specific runtime-related files that are in the libsupc++<br />
    directory.<br />
<br />
    include/std<br />
      Files meant to be found by #include &lt;name&gt; directives in<br />
      standard-conforming user programs.<br />
<br />
    include/c<br />
      Headers intended to directly include standard C headers.<br />
      [NB: this can be enabled via --enable-cheaders=c]<br />
<br />
    include/c_global<br />
      Headers intended to include standard C headers in<br />
      the global namespace, and put select names into the std::<br />
      namespace.  [NB: this is the default, and is the same as<br />
      --enable-cheaders=c_global]<br />
<br />
    include/c_std<br />
      Headers intended to include standard C headers<br />
      already in namespace std, and put select names into the std::<br />
      namespace.  [NB: this is the same as --enable-cheaders=c_std]<br />
<br />
    include/bits<br />
      Files included by standard headers and by other files in<br />
      the bits directory.<br />
<br />
    include/backward<br />
      Headers provided for backward compatibility, such as &lt;iostream.h&gt;.<br />
      They are not used in this library.<br />
<br />
    include/ext<br />
      Headers that define extensions to the standard library.  No<br />
      standard header refers to any of them.<br />
<br />
  scripts<br />
    Scripts that are used during the configure, build, make, or test<br />
    process.<br />
<br />
  src<br />
    Files that are used in constructing the library, but are not<br />
    installed.<br />
<br />
  testsuites/[backward, demangle, ext, performance, thread, 17_* to 30_*]<br />
    Test programs are here, and may be used to begin to exercise the<br />
    library.  Support for "make check" and "make check-install" is<br />
    complete, and runs through all the subdirectories here when this<br />
    command is issued from the build directory.  Please note that<br />
    "make check" requires DejaGNU 1.4 or later to be installed.  Please<br />
    note that "make check-script" calls the script mkcheck, which<br />
    requires bash, and which may need the paths to bash adjusted to<br />
    work properly, as /bin/bash is assumed.<br />
<br />
Other subdirectories contain variant versions of certain files<br />
that are meant to be copied or linked by the configure script.<br />
Currently these are:<br />
<br />
  config/abi<br />
  config/cpu<br />
  config/io<br />
  config/locale<br />
  config/os<br />
<br />
In addition, a subdirectory holds the convenience library libsupc++.<br />
<br />
  libsupc++<br />
    Contains the runtime library for C++, including exception<br />
    handling and memory allocation and deallocation, RTTI, terminate<br />
    handlers, etc.<br />
<br />
Note that glibc also has a bits/ subdirectory.  We will either<br />
need to be careful not to collide with names in its bits/<br />
directory; or rename bits to (e.g.) cppbits/.<br />
<br />
In files throughout the system, lines marked with an "XXX" indicate<br />
a bug or incompletely-implemented feature.  Lines marked "XXX MT"<br />
indicate a place that may require attention for multi-thread safety.<br />
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