This example code is explained in the STXXL Stack section
int main()
{
    stack_type my_stack;
    my_stack.push(8);
    my_stack.push(7);
    my_stack.push(4);
    assert(my_stack.size() == 3);
    assert(my_stack.top() == 4);
    my_stack.pop();
    assert(my_stack.top() == 7);
    my_stack.pop();
    assert(my_stack.top() == 8);
    my_stack.pop();
    assert(my_stack.empty());
    return 0;
}