# C++ standard libraries extensions, version 2

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Version 2 of the C++ Extensions for Library Fundamentals, defines the following new components for the C++ standard library, in addition to those defined in version 1:

### The C++ detection idiom

Defined in header `<experimental/type_traits>`
is_detected detected_t detected_or | Alias templates that detect whether a template-id is well-formed (alias template)
nonesuch | Class type returned by detected_t on failure (class)

### A const-propagating wrapper for pointer-like objects

Defined in header `<experimental/propagate_const>`
propagate_const | A const-propagating wrapper for pointer-like objects (class template)

### Non-owning pointers

Defined in header `<experimental/memory>`
observer_ptr | A class representing a non-owning pointer (class template)

### Uniform container erasure

Defined in header `<experimental/string>`
erase (std::basic_string) | Erases all elements equal to a specific value from a std::basic_string (function template)
erase_if (std::basic_string) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::basic_string (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/deque>`
erase (std::deque) | Erases all elements equal to a specific value from a std::deque (function template)
erase_if (std::deque) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::deque (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/vector>`
erase (std::vector) | Erases all elements equal to a specific value from a std::vector (function template)
erase_if (std::vector) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::vector (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/forward_list>`
erase (std::forward_list) | Erases all elements equal to a specific value from a std::forward_list (function template)
erase_if (std::forward_list) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::forward_list (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/list>`
erase (std::list) | Erases all elements equal to a specific value from a std::list (function template)
erase_if (std::list) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::list (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/map>`
erase_if (std::map) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::map (function template)
erase_if (std::multimap) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::multimap (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/set>`
erase_if (std::set) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::set (function template)
erase_if (std::multiset) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::multiset (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/unordered_map>`
erase_if (std::unordered_map) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::unordered_map (function template)
erase_if (std::unordered_multimap) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::unordered_multimap (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/unordered_set>`
erase_if (std::unordered_set) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::unordered_set (function template)
erase_if (std::unordered_multiset) | Erases all elements satisfying a predicate from a std::unordered_multiset (function template)

### `std::array` creation

Defined in header `<experimental/array>`
make_array | Creates a std::array object whose size and optionally element type are deduced from the arguments (function template)
to_array | Creates a std::array object from a built-in array (function template)

### `ostream_joiner`

Defined in header `<experimental/iterator>`
ostream_joiner | An output iterator that writes successive elements into an output stream, separating adjacent elements with a delimiter (class template)

### Simple random number generation facilities

A per-thread engine of type std::default_random_engine, initialized to an unpredictable state, is maintained for each thread and used by the functions below.

Defined in header `<experimental/random>`
randint | generates a random integer in the specified range (function template)
reseed | reseeds the per-thread random engine (function)
Defined in header `<experimental/algorithm>`
sample | selects n random elements from a sequence (function template)
shuffle | randomly re-orders elements in a range (function template)

### Source code information capture

Defined in header `<experimental/source_location>`
source_location | A class representing information about the source code, such as file names, line numbers, and function names (class)

### Feature test macros

Defined in header `<experimental/type_traits>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_logical_traits | a value of at least 201511 indicates that the logical operator type traits are supported (macro constant)
__cpp_lib_experimental_detect | a value of at least 201505 indicates that the detection idiom is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/propagate_const>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_propagate_const | a value of at least 201505 indicates that propagate_const is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/functional>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_not_fn | a value of at least 201406 indicates that not_fn is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/memory>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_observer_ptr | a value of at least 201411 indicates that observer_ptr is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/array>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_make_array | a value of at least 201505 indicates that make_array is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/iterator>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_ostream_joiner | a value of at least 201411 indicates that ostream_joiner is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/vector>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_erase_if | a value of at least 201411 indicates that uniform container erasure is supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/numeric>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_gcd_lcm | a value of at least 201411 indicates that gcd and lcm are supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/random>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_randint | a value of at least 201511 indicates that randint and related functions are supported (macro constant)
Defined in header `<experimental/source_location>`
__cpp_lib_experimental_source_location | a value of at least 201505 indicates that source_location is supported (macro constant)

## C++ adoption

The following components of the library fundamentals v2 have been adopted into the mainline C++ standard

Defined in header `<experimental/type_traits>`
void_t | variadic alias template for `void` (alias template)
Defined in header `<experimental/type_traits>`
conjunction | variadic logical AND metafunction (class template)
disjunction | variadic logical OR metafunction (class template)
negation | logical NOT metafunction (class template)
Defined in header `<experimental/functional>`
not_fn | Creates a function object that returns the complement of the result of the function object it holds (function template)
Defined in header `<experimental/numeric>`
gcd | `constexpr` function template returning the greatest common divisor of two integers (function template)
lcm | `constexpr` function template returning the least common multiple of two integers (function template)

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