The Standard ML Basis Library

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Overview
  • Top-level environment
  • Basic types
  • Standard datatypes
  • Vectors and arrays
  • Text
  • Input/output
  • System interfaces
  • Sockets
  • Unix-specific interfaces
  • Microsoft Windows-specific interfaces
  • Required components
    • Required signatures
    • Required structures
  • Optional components
    • Optional signatures
    • Optional structures
    • Optional functors
• Top-level environment
  • Modules in the top-level environment
  • Top-level type, exception, and value identifiers
  • Overloaded identifiers
  • Infix identifiers
  • The operating environment
• Manual Pages
  • The Array structure
  • The Array2 structure
  • The ArraySlice structure
  • The BinIO structure
  • The BIT_FLAGS signature
  • The Bool structure
  • The Byte structure
  • The CHAR signature
  • The CommandLine structure
  • The Date structure
  • The General structure
  • The GenericSock structure
  • The IEEEReal structure
  • The IMPERATIVE_IO signature
  • The ImperativeIO functor
  • The INetSock structure
  • The INTEGER signature
  • The IntInf structure
  • The IO structure
  • The List structure
  • The ListPair structure
  • The MATH signature
  • The MONO_ARRAY signature
  • The MONO_ARRAY2 signature
  • The MONO_ARRAY_SLICE signature
  • The MONO_VECTOR signature
  • The MONO_VECTOR_SLICE signature
  • The NetHostDB structure
  • The NetProtDB structure
  • The NetServDB structure
  • The Option structure
  • The OS structure
  • The OS.FileSys structure
  • The OS.IO structure
  • The OS.Path structure
  • The OS.Process structure
  • The PACK_REAL signature
  • The PACK_WORD signature
  • The Posix structure
  • The Posix.Error structure
  • The Posix.FileSys structure
  • The Posix.IO structure
  • The Posix.ProcEnv structure
  • The Posix.Process structure
  • The Posix.Signal structure
  • The Posix.SysDB structure
  • The Posix.TTY structure
  • The PRIM_IO signature
  • The PrimIO functor
  • The REAL signature
  • The Socket structure
  • The STREAM_IO signature
  • The StreamIO functor
  • The STRING signature
  • The StringCvt structure
  • The SUBSTRING signature
  • The TEXT signature
  • The TEXT_IO signature
  • The TEXT_STREAM_IO signature
  • The Time structure
  • The Timer structure
  • The Unix structure
  • The UnixSock structure
  • The Vector structure
  • The VectorSlice structure
  • The Windows structure
  • The WORD signature
• Contributors
• Change history
  • April 12, 2004
  • April 7, 2004
  • September 18, 2003
  • September 15, 2003
  • September 12, 2003
  • September 11, 2003
  • September 8, 2003
  • August 26, 2003
  • August 19, 2003
  • August 14, 2003
  • July 30, 2003
  • July 30, 2003
  • July 15, 2003
  • July 14, 2003
  • July 10, 2003
  • June 26, 2003
  • May 9, 2003
  • April 26, 2003
  • July 9, 2002
  • July 3, 2002
  • June 18, 2002
  • December 6, 2001
  • October 29, 2001
  • October 10, 2001
  • April 11, 2001
  • April 3, 2001
  • December 15, 2000
  • November 20, 2000
  • October 31, 2000
  • October 24, 2000
  • October 17, 2000
  • September 20, 2000
  • September 6, 2000
  • September 4, 2000
  • July 17, 2000
  • June 1, 2000
  • March 29, 2000
  • Summer and Fall 1999
  • April 28, 1999
  • February 26, 1999
  • October 5, 1998
  • August 28, 1998
  • August 26, 1998
  • August 12, 1998
  • July 21, 1998
  • May 7, 1998
  • November 29, 1997

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