Google Releases C++ B-Tree Template Library
C++ B-Tree offers memory and time advantages over standard containers.
Google has announced C++ B-Tree, a C++ template library that implements ordered in-memory containers based on a B-tree data structure. This library provides the following containers: btree_map, btree_set, btree_multimap, and btree_multiset.
According to the website, C++ B-tree containers have some advantages over standard containers, which are typically implemented using Red-Black trees. B-trees keep disk seeks to a minimum, and C++ B-tree containers make better use of the cache. The announcement, posted on Google Open Source Blog says that, “for small data types, B-tree containers typically reduce memory use by 50 to 80% compared with Red-Black tree containers.”
The Google blog states, “B-trees are well-known data structures for organizing secondary storage, because they are optimized for reading and writing large blocks of data. But the same property that makes B-trees appropriate for use with databases and file systems also makes them appropriate for use in main-memory, just with smaller blocks.”
C++ B-tree containers do have some disadvantages. For example, modifying a C++ B-tree container will invalidate all outstanding iterators on that container. However, the library contains “safe variations” on the four containers to address this drawback. C++ B-tree containers have the same interface as the standard C++ containers.
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