Introduction to C++ Containers - Know Your Data Structures

Explore the world of C++ containers in this comprehensive conference talk from Meeting C++ 2023. Dive into the Standard Library's common data structures, including the latest additions from C++ 23. Learn how C++ organizes containers into sequence, associative, unordered associative, and adaptors categories. Discover the trade-offs between different data structures and gain insights on choosing the right container for your projects. Follow along with C++ examples demonstrating container usage, time complexity of operations, and common implementations. Understand potential pitfalls such as thread-safety issues and iterator invalidation. Conclude with an overview of the new flat container types introduced in C++ 23. Leave equipped with a practical cheat-sheet to guide your data structure decisions in future C++ projects.