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<refnamediv><refname>C++</refname><refpurpose>Using libvips from C++</refpurpose></refnamediv>
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libvips comes with a convenient C++ API. It is a very thin wrapper over the C API and adds automatic reference counting, exceptions, operator overloads, and automatic constant expansion.