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In the documentation of 44 the <span class="bold"><strong>icl</strong></span> the different set and map types 45 are grouped in various ways. In order to distinguish those groups we use 46 a naming convention. 47 </p> 48<p> 49 Names of concepts start with a capital letter. So <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Set</span></code> 50 and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Map</span></code> stand for the <span class="emphasis"><em>concept</em></span> 51 of a set and a map as defined in the <span class="bold"><strong>icl</strong></span>. 52 When we talk about <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Sets</span></code> and 53 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Maps</span></code> though, most of the 54 time we do not not talk about the concepts themselves but the set of types 55 that implement those concepts in the <span class="bold"><strong>icl</strong></span>. 56 The main groups, <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>icl containers</strong></span></em></span> 57 can be divided in, are summarized in the next table: 58 </p> 59<div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 60<colgroup> 61<col> 62<col> 63<col> 64</colgroup> 65<thead><tr></tr></thead> 66<tbody> 67<tr> 68<td> 69 </td> 70<td> 71 <p> 72 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Set</span></code> 73 </p> 74 </td> 75<td> 76 <p> 77 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Map</span></code> 78 </p> 79 </td> 80</tr> 81<tr> 82<td> 83 <p> 84 element container 85 </p> 86 </td> 87<td> 88 <p> 89 <a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/stl/set/" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span></code> </a> 90 </p> 91 </td> 92<td> 93 <p> 94 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/map.html" title="Class template map">icl::map</a></code> 95 </p> 96 </td> 97</tr> 98<tr> 99<td> 100 <p> 101 interval container 102 </p> 103 </td> 104<td> 105 <p> 106 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_set.html" title="Class template interval_set">interval_set</a></code>, 107 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/separate_interval_set.html" title="Class template separate_interval_set">separate_interval_set</a></code>, 108 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/split_interval_set.html" title="Class template split_interval_set">split_interval_set</a></code> 109 </p> 110 </td> 111<td> 112 <p> 113 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code>, 114 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/split_interval_map.html" title="Class template split_interval_map">split_interval_map</a></code> 115 </p> 116 </td> 117</tr> 118</tbody> 119</table></div> 120<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 121<li class="listitem"> 122 Containers std:set, <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_set.html" title="Class template interval_set">interval_set</a></code>, 123 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/separate_interval_set.html" title="Class template separate_interval_set">separate_interval_set</a></code>, 124 <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/split_interval_set.html" title="Class template split_interval_set">split_interval_set</a></code> 125 are models of concept <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Set</span></code>. 126 </li> 127<li class="listitem"> 128 Containers <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/map.html" title="Class template map">icl::map</a></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/interval_map.html" title="Class template interval_map">interval_map</a></code>, <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/split_interval_map.html" title="Class template split_interval_map">split_interval_map</a></code> 129 are models of concept <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Map</span></code>. 130 </li> 131<li class="listitem"> 132 Containers that are <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>implemented</strong></span></em></span> 133 using elements or element value pairs are called <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>element containers</strong></span></em></span>. 134 </li> 135<li class="listitem"> 136 Containers that are <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>implemented</strong></span></em></span> 137 using intervals or interval value pairs (also called segments) are called 138 <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>interval containers</strong></span></em></span>. 139 </li> 140<li class="listitem"> 141 When we talk about <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Sets</span></code> 142 or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Maps</span></code> we abstract from 143 the way they are implemented. 144 </li> 145<li class="listitem"> 146 When we talk about <span class="emphasis"><em>element containers</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>interval 147 containers</em></span> we refer to the way they are implemented. 148 </li> 149<li class="listitem"> 150 <a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/stl/set/" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span></code> </a> is a model of the icl's 151 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Set</span></code> concept. 152 </li> 153<li class="listitem"> 154 <a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/stl/set/" target="_top"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span></code> </a> is <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span></em></span> a model of the icl's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Map</span></code> concept. 155 </li> 156<li class="listitem"> 157 The <span class="bold"><strong>icl's</strong></span> element map is always denoted 158 qualified as <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/icl/map.html" title="Class template map">icl::map</a></code> to 159 avoid confusion with<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">map</span></code>. 160 </li> 161</ul></div> 162</div> 163</div> 164<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 165<td align="left"></td> 166<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2007-2010 Joachim 167 Faulhaber<br>Copyright © 1999-2006 Cortex Software 168 GmbH<p> 169 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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