DEdelroth·Feb 13, 2016
Note that EA had already released some of the code in 2010: https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
In Electronic Arts Standard Template Library for C++ Open Sourcedpaulhodge
EASTL
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paulhodge / EASTL
EASTL
Obsolete repo, please go to: https://github.com/electronicarts/EASTL
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| 2010 | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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13 sourcesIf anyone is interested in the EASTL here's the source code
https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
Apparently works out of the box with G++/GCC, some modifications were made to get it working Clang/LLVM
In Orbit: EA's first open source projectThe first EA open source project I remember was their own implementation of STL [1] many years ago to deal with STL slow parts.
[1] https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL seems to be a clone of it and has commits from 4 years ago
In Orbit: EA's first open source projectThe allocators that appeared in the first C++ Standard were designed by the Committee and turned out to not be as useful as expected. Both Electronic Arts ( http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n227... , https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL/ ) and Bloomberg ( http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n185... , https://github.com/bloomberg/bde ) proposed a different approach, which allow what you want. C++11 includes stateful allocators and scoped allocators.
In Hidden Costs of Memory AllocationI really don't understand why STL gets so little love.
Well, in light of the fact that the author makes reference to his game industry background, you may find interesting the perspectives given in this paper: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n227...
And partial source code for the library described in the paper: https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
In A Fresh Look at RustEA open sourced parts of their in-house STL. A Github clone can be found at:
https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
I haven't looked at it myself but it might be an interesting start for those interested.
In Facebook's std::vector optimizationEASTL on github, pulled out of the ea gpl projects: https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
In PS4 UX is powered by WebGLI cannot speak to jandrewrogers specific reason, but the two major sticking points I've seen developers hit is the STL's bad allocator design and the lack of intrusive data structures. Check out EASTL for more information [1][2].
[1] http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n227...
[2] https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
In Exotic data structuresEA open-sourced their EASTL game-optimized container library back in 2007, including intrusive lists. Here is a detailed introduction:
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n227...
And a github repository that is still maintained:
https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
In Avoiding game crashes related to linked listsThere is EASTL, though I've never used it myself. https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
Valve's Source SDK makes extensive use of their own data structures, however it is very specialized. For example, linked lists are allocated as growing, contiguous blocks of memory to reduce cache misses. The Doom3 source code might be worth looking at, but I'm sure it's the same story. https://github.com/TTimo/doom3.gpl
At the very least, there's a lot of great reference out there.
In Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++They opened up EASTL a while back too.
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n227...
https://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
In Electronic Arts is using ErlangEA open sources their internal version of STL
89 points · Open discussionExcellent find none the less. How did you find this?
I hosted the files in a Github project so that other people could find it in a nice convenient way. As far as I can tell, this is allowed by their license terms.
http://github.com/paulhodge/EASTL
Keyframe, Let me know if you want a shoutout, I can add your name to the README.
In EA rečeases webkit-based code including EASTL