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# Abseil - C++ Common Libraries
The repository contains the Abseil C++ library code. Abseil is an open-source
collection of C++ code (compliant to C++14) designed to augment the C++
standard library.
## Table of Contents
- [About Abseil](#about)
- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
- [Building Abseil](#build)
- [Support](#support)
- [Codemap](#codemap)
- [Releases](#releases)
- [License](#license)
- [Links](#links)
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## About Abseil
Abseil is an open-source collection of C++ library code designed to augment
the C++ standard library. The Abseil library code is collected from Google's
own C++ code base, has been extensively tested and used in production, and
is the same code we depend on in our daily coding lives.
In some cases, Abseil provides pieces missing from the C++ standard; in
others, Abseil provides alternatives to the standard for special needs
we've found through usage in the Google code base. We denote those cases
clearly within the library code we provide you.
Abseil is not meant to be a competitor to the standard library; we've
just found that many of these utilities serve a purpose within our code
base, and we now want to provide those resources to the C++ community as
a whole.
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## Quickstart
If you want to just get started, make sure you at least run through the
contains information about setting up your development environment, downloading
the Abseil code, running tests, and getting a simple binary working.
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## Building Abseil
build systems for Abseil.
on building Abseil using the Bazel build system.
If you require CMake support, please check the [CMake build
instructions](CMake/README.md) and [CMake
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## Support
Abseil follows Google's [Foundational C++ Support
[this
for a list of currently supported versions compilers, platforms, and build
tools.
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## Codemap
Abseil contains the following C++ library components:
* [`base`](absl/base/)
<br /> The `base` library contains initialization code and other code which
all other Abseil code depends on. Code within `base` may not depend on any
other code (other than the C++ standard library).
* [`algorithm`](absl/algorithm/)
<br /> The `algorithm` library contains additions to the C++ `<algorithm>`
library and container-based versions of such algorithms.
* [`cleanup`](absl/cleanup/)
<br /> The `cleanup` library contains the control-flow-construct-like type
`absl::Cleanup` which is used for executing a callback on scope exit.
* [`container`](absl/container/)
<br /> The `container` library contains additional STL-style containers,
including Abseil's unordered "Swiss table" containers.
* [`crc`](absl/crc/) The `crc` library contains code for
computing error-detecting cyclic redundancy checks on data.
* [`debugging`](absl/debugging/)
<br /> The `debugging` library contains code useful for enabling leak
checks, and stacktrace and symbolization utilities.
* [`flags`](absl/flags/)
<br /> The `flags` library contains code for handling command line flags for
libraries and binaries built with Abseil.
* [`hash`](absl/hash/)
<br /> The `hash` library contains the hashing framework and default hash
functor implementations for hashable types in Abseil.
* [`log`](absl/log/)
<br /> The `log` library contains `LOG` and `CHECK` macros and facilities
for writing logged messages out to disk, `stderr`, or user-extensible
destinations.
* [`memory`](absl/memory/)
<br /> The `memory` library contains memory management facilities that augment
C++'s `<memory>` library.
* [`meta`](absl/meta/)
<br /> The `meta` library contains compatible versions of type checks
available within C++14 and C++17 versions of the C++ `<type_traits>` library.
* [`numeric`](absl/numeric/)
<br /> The `numeric` library contains 128-bit integer types as well as
implementations of C++20's bitwise math functions.
* [`profiling`](absl/profiling/)
<br /> The `profiling` library contains utility code for profiling C++
entities. It is currently a private dependency of other Abseil libraries.
* [`random`](absl/random/)
<br /> The `random` library contains functions for generating psuedorandom
values.
* [`status`](absl/status/)
<br /> The `status` library contains abstractions for error handling,
specifically `absl::Status` and `absl::StatusOr<T>`.
* [`strings`](absl/strings/)
<br /> The `strings` library contains a variety of strings routines and
utilities, including a C++14-compatible version of the C++17
`std::string_view` type.
* [`synchronization`](absl/synchronization/)
<br /> The `synchronization` library contains concurrency primitives (Abseil's
`absl::Mutex` class, an alternative to `std::mutex`) and a variety of
synchronization abstractions.
* [`time`](absl/time/)
<br /> The `time` library contains abstractions for computing with absolute
points in time, durations of time, and formatting and parsing time within
time zones.
* [`types`](absl/types/)
<br /> The `types` library contains non-container utility types, like a
C++14-compatible version of the C++17 `std::optional` type.
* [`utility`](absl/utility/)
<br /> The `utility` library contains utility and helper code.
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## Releases
Abseil recommends users "live-at-head" (update to the latest commit from the
master branch as often as possible). However, we realize this philosophy doesn't
work for every project, so we also provide [Long Term Support
fixes for severe bugs. See our [release
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## License
The Abseil C++ library is licensed under the terms of the Apache
license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.
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## Links
For more information about Abseil:
design philosophy.
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understand both what we promise to you, and what we expect of you in return.