From:	Rolf Magnus <ramagnus AT t-online DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Problem with basic_string
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Alex Vinokur wrote:

>> >
>> > int main ()
>> > {
>> >   basic_string<string> bs1;
>>
>> I'm sure you were intended basic_string<char> bs1;
> 
> I intended exactly basic_string<string> bs1;

Could you explain why and how you'd want to use a string of strings? Or
better, just explain what you want to achieve.

> basic_string<T> is a template class.

That it's a template doesn't mean that it makes sense (or is possible at
all) to instantiate it for every type.

> So, I would like to basic_string<string>, basic_string<int>,
> basic_string<Any_Class>

Why?

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