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~~Title: The Eina Programming Guide~~
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# The Eina Programming Guide #


``Eina`` provides data types and useful tools.

The ``Eina`` library implements an *application programming interface (API)* for data types in an efficient way. It also provides some useful tools for tasks including opening shared libraries, error management, type conversion, time accounting, and memory pools.

## Contents ##

* **Data Types**
    * [Iterator Functions](iterator-functions.md)
    * [Strings](strings.md)
    * [Arrays](arrays.md)
    * [Hash Tables](hash-tables.md)
    * [Lists](lists.md)
    * [Generic Value](generic-value.md)
    * [Promises and Futures](futures.md)
* **Eina Tools**
   * [Logging](tools/logging.md)
   * [String Tool](tools/eina-string-tool.md)
   * [Memory Pools](tools/eina-mempool.md)
   * [Safety Checks](tools/eina-safety-checks.md)