Short Tutorial
    Following is a short tutorial introducing the main points of 
pb_assoc. It
is organized as follows.
    
#general_useBasic Use of Maps Basic Use of Maps 
    For the greater part, using 
pb_assoc's maps is similar
to using those of the STL. For example, the following shows a collision-chaining container mapping integers to characters.
cc_hash_assoc_cntnr.htmlcc_hash_assoc_cntnr <int, char> c;
c[2] = 'b';
assert(c.find(1) == c.end());
	
interface.html#containersInteface::Containers  describes the containers supported. ../example/basic_map_example.cppbasic_map_example.cpp shows an example.
Other Mapping Semantics 
	
pb_assoc	does not contain separate containers for different mapping semantics,
as the STL does (
e.g., std::map and std::multimap). Rather, containers are parameterized by a Data parameter, and this parameter is a policy for the mapping semantics.
	Instantiating the 
Data parameter by
null_data_type.htmlnull_data_type makes a "set". For example, the following shows a collision-chaining container storing integers.
cc_hash_assoc_cntnr.htmlcc_hash_assoc_cntnr <int, null_data_type.htmlnull_data_type > c;
c.insert(2);
assert(c.find(1) == c.end());
