<TITLE>November 1996 Working Paper</TITLE> <H1>November 1996 Working Paper</H1> You can <A HREF=ghindex.html>search</A> the working paper for specific words, or browse individual clauses by following the links below. The <A HREF=contents.html>contents</A> page has links to all sub-clauses. <p> It is easy to <a href="Order.html">obtain</a> your own copy of the current draft standard. <p> The Working Paper is broken down into the following sections: <br><A HREF="coversheet.html">Coversheet</A> <br><A HREF="foreword.html">Foreword</A> <br><A HREF="contents.html">Table of Contents</A> <br><A HREF="intro.html">Chapter 1: General [intro]</A> <br><A HREF="lex.html">Chapter 2: Lexical conventions [lex]</A> <br><A HREF="basic.html">Chapter 3: Basic concepts [basic]</A> <br><A HREF="conv.html">Chapter 4: Standard conversions [conv]</A> <br><A HREF="expr.html">Chapter 5: Expressions [expr]</A> <br><A HREF="stmt.html">Chapter 6: Statements [stmt.stmt]</A> <br><A HREF="dcl.html">Chapter 7: Declarations [dcl.dcl]</A> <br><A HREF="decl.html">Chapter 8: Declarators [dcl.decl]</A> <br><A HREF="class.html">Chapter 9: Classes [class]</A> <br><A HREF="derived.html">Chapter 10: Derived classes [class.derived]</A> <br><A HREF="access.html">Chapter 11: Member access control [class.access]</A> <br><A HREF="special.html">Chapter 12: Special member functions [special]</A> <br><A HREF="over.html">Chapter 13: Overloading [over]</A> <br><A HREF="template.html">Chapter 14: Templates [template]</A> <br><A HREF="except.html">Chapter 15: Exception handling [except]</A> <br><A HREF="cpp.html">Chapter 16: Preprocessing directives [cpp]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-intro.html">Chapter 17: Library introduction [lib.library]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-support.html">Chapter 18: Language support library [lib.language.support]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-diagnostics.html">Chapter 19: Diagnostics library [lib.diagnostics]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-utilities.html">Chapter 20: General utilities library [lib.utilities]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-strings.html">Chapter 21: Strings library [lib.strings]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-locales.html">Chapter 22: Localization library [lib.localization]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-containers.html">Chapter 23: Containers library [lib.containers]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-iterators.html">Chapter 24: Iterators library [lib.iterators]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-algorithms.html">Chapter 25: Algorithms library [lib.algorithms]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-numerics.html">Chapter 26: Numerics library [lib.numerics]</A> <br><A HREF="lib-iostreams.html">Chapter 27: Input/output library [lib.input.output]</A> <br><A HREF="gram.html">Annex A: Grammar summary [gram]</A> <br><A HREF="limits.html">Annex B: Implementation quantities [limits]</A> <br><A HREF="diff.html">Annex C: Compatibility [diff]</A> <br><A HREF="future.html">Annex D: Future directions [future.directions]</A> <br><A HREF="extendid.html">Annex E: Universal character-names for Identifiers [extendid]</A>