Objectives

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• Future directions for C++.

• What the Boost Libraries are.

• A brief history of the Boost open source project, how new libraries are added to Boost, and how to install Boost.

• To use Boost.Regex to search for strings, validate data and replace parts of strings using regular expressions.

• To avoid memory leaks by using Boost.Smart_ptr to manage dynamic memory allocation and deallocation.

• What Boost (and other) libraries are included in Technical Report 1 (TR1)—a description of the additions to the C++ Standard Library.

• The changes to the core language and Standard Library coming in the new C++ Standard—C++0x.