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</h1></div></div></div><divclass="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dlclass="toc"><dt><spanclass="chapter"><ahref="status.html">1. Status</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#manual.intro.status.iso">Implementation Status</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.1998">C++ 1998/2003</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.1998.status">Implementation Status</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.1998.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.2011">C++ 2011</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.2011.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.2014">C++ 2014</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.2017">C++ 2017</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.2017.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.2020">C++ 202a</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.2020.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.tr1">C++ TR1</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.tr1.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.tr24733">C++ TR 24733</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#status.iso.specfun">C++ IS 29124</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="status.html#iso.specfun.specific">Implementation Specific Behavior</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="license.html">License</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="license.html#manual.intro.status.license.gpl">The Code: GPL</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="license.html#manual.intro.status.license.fdl">The Documentation: GPL, FDL</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="bugs.html">Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="bugs.html#manual.intro.status.bugs.impl">Implementation Bugs</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="bugs.html#manual.intro.status.bugs.iso">Standard Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="chapter"><ahref="setup.html">2. Setup</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="setup.html#manual.intro.setup.prereq">Prerequisites</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="configure.html">Configure</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="make.html">Make</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="chapter"><ahref="using.html">3. Using</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using.html#manual.intro.using.flags">Command Options</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_headers.html">Headers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_headers.html#manual.intro.using.headers.all">Header Files</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_headers.html#manual.intro.using.headers.mixing">Mixing Headers</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_headers.html#manual.intro.using.headers.cheaders">The C Headers and <codeclass="code">namespace std</code></a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_headers.html#manual.intro.using.headers.pre">Precompiled Headers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_macros.html">Macros</a></span></dt><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_dual_abi.html">Dual ABI</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_dual_abi.html#manual.intro.using.abi.trouble">Troubleshooting</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><spanclass="section"><ahref="using_namespaces.html">Namespaces</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><spanclass="section"><a