C++ standard container and STL container in c++

Question

Recently I am working on a c++ project that I am not allowed to use standard template library or any other templates.

I am kinds of confused after I did some research. What are the containers belongs to standard library while others belongs to standard template library ? Or we don't say container for standard library, do we?

Is vector a container or not? Is vector a class for standard library or it belongs to STL?

I am hoping to implement a list of some structure in standard library, can I use list or vector?

Answer 1

Nothing in the C++ Standard Library "belongs" to the STL. STL is a different library that only influenced many parts in the C++ Standard Library. From the tag wiki:

[STL] is a C++ library of generic containers, iterators, algorithms, and function objects. When C++ was standardised, large parts of the STL were adopted into the Standard Library, […]

However, many people refer to the C++ Standard Library as the Standard Template Library, which is not entirely correct. I'm guessing that if you're not allowed to use the STL, they actually mean that you're not allowed to use the C++ Standard Library. But you'd have to ask them to know what they really mean.

For more information, see What's the difference between "STL" and "C++ Standard Library"?