About:
The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic strings, character sets, variants, lists and other basic data types along with threads, synchronization primitives and IP sockets. It is portable across modern Unix and Windows systems and includes a sample HTTP daemon showing the full power of the library.

Author:
Hovik Melikyan [contact developer]

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8.49/10.00 (29 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/ptypes-2.1.1.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/doc/changes.html
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://ptypes.cvs.sourceforge.net/
Bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=56008

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Intended Audience]		Developers
[License]		OSI Approved :: zlib/libpng License
[Operating System]		MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows, OS Independent, POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: HP-UX, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris, Unix
[Programming Language]		C++
[Topic]		Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers, Software Development :: Libraries, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	2.1.1	27-Jun-2007	zlib/libpng License

 Comments

[»] Very Nice Library!
by Chris - Nov 12th 2004 15:50:26

In the time it took me to get Boost and ACE* compiled and usable as plugin libraries I was able to make a controlled document webserver application complete with view/update/tracking/collaboration capabilities using PTypes library that works in a diverse network environment for proof of concept.

This is definitely a library that will be a main stay in my own personal toolbox!

Chris

*I am not being critical of Boost, ACE, or STL as I have used them extensively and they are great libraries. My point is PTypes is one of the first truly plug it and go with code bases I have come across in a long time with such a gentle learning curve/functionality ratio. Awesome library.

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[»] PTypes / STL comparative
by jespa - May 18th 2004 07:55:30

Has somebody done a comparative between PTypes and STL? It should be nice to see a comparative about performance and memory ocupation for several hungry-resource problems.

Jose Miguel Espadero

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[»] Re: PTypes / STL comparative
by Hovik Melikyan - May 18th 2004 09:45:11


>

> Has somebody done a comparative between

> PTypes and STL? It should be nice to

> see a comparative about performance and

> memory ocupation for several

> hungry-resource problems.

>


I did some tests on my FreeBSD and also on a Windows 2003 machine with MSVC. In summary, the basic operations on dynamic arrays (std::vector and pt::tpodlist) are nearly equal, but PTypes produces less binary code.

The picture with dynamic strings is different. PTypes performs better than Microsoft's string class, but it is worse than GNU.

As for memory usage, PTypes uses less memory space for strings compared to GNU, by exactly one 'int' per string (the capacity is not stored, a quantization algorithm is used instead in PTypes).

(BTW, a better place to discuss this is the project management page at SourceForge.net:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptypes/)

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Hovik Melikyan

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