Acronyms

 

C++

Language

Standard Library Headers

Freestanding and hosted implementations

Named requirements

Language support library

Concepts library (C++20)

Diagnostics library

Utilities library

Strings library

Containers library

Iterators library

Ranges library (C++20)

Algorithms library

Numerics library

Input/output library

Localizations library

Regular expressions library (C++11)

Atomic operations library (C++11)

Thread support library (C++11)

Filesystem library (C++17)

Technical Specifications

 

C++ language

General topics
Preprocessor Comments	Keywords Escape sequences
Flow control
Conditional execution statements
if	switch
Iteration statements (loops)
for range-for (C++11)	while do-while
Jump statements
continue - break	goto - return
Functions
Function declaration
Lambda function declaration
inline specifier
Exception specifications (until C++20)
noexcept specifier (C++11)
Exceptions
throw-expression	try-catch block
Namespaces
Namespace declaration	Namespace aliases
Types
Fundamental types Enumeration types Function types	Compound types Union types
Specifiers
decltype (C++11) auto (C++11) alignas (C++11)	const/volatile constexpr (C++11)
Storage duration specifiers
Initialization
Default initialization Value initialization Zero initialization Copy initialization Direct initialization	Aggregate initialization List initialization (C++11) Constant initialization Reference initialization

Expressions
Value categories Order of evaluation	Operators Operator precedence
Alternative representations
Literals
Boolean - Integer - Floating-point
Character - String - nullptr (C++11)
User-defined (C++11)
Utilities
Attributes (C++11)
Types
typedef declaration
Type alias declaration (C++11)
Casts
Implicit conversions - Explicit conversions
static_cast - dynamic_cast
const_cast - reinterpret_cast
Memory allocation
new expression	delete expression
Classes
Class declaration Initializer lists this pointer	Access specifiers friend specifier
Class-specific function properties
Virtual function override specifier (C++11) final specifier (C++11)	explicit (C++11) static
Special member functions
Default constructor Copy constructor Move constructor (C++11)	Copy assignment Move assignment (C++11) Destructor
Templates
Class template Function template	Template specialization Parameter packs (C++11)
Miscellaneous
Inline assembly	History of C++

 

Acronyms	Full names	See also
ADL	Argument-Dependent Lookup
CTAD	Class Template Argument Deduction
CRTP	Curiously Recurring Template Pattern	std::enable_shared_from_this
EBO	Empty Base Optimization	std::allocator, std::default_delete
ICE	Internal Compiler Error
NRVO	Named Return Value Optimization
NTTP	Non-Type Template Parameter
PIMPL	Pointer to IMPLementation
ODR	One Definition Rule
RAII	Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
RTTI	RunTime Type Identification	std::type_info
RVO	Return Value Optimization
SBO	Small Buffer Optimization
SFINAE	Substitution Failure Is Not An Error	std::enable_if, std::void_t
SOO	Small Object Optimization	std::function, std::any
SSO	Small String Optimization	std::basic_string
TMP	Template Meta Programming	<type_traits>
UB	Undefined Behavior
UDL	User-Defined Literals