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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: [OT] RE: g++ include string.h
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 19:32:36 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christian Rudiger
> Sent: 17 May 2004 19:00

> Hi there,
> 
> i'm kind of newbee to c++ programming and try to do my first 
> steps with 
> the gcc in delivered with cygwin.
> 
> I'd like to include the string.h into my little program but it wasn't 
> found as the compiler doesn't accept my string declarations.

#1:  string.h has nothing to do with the c++ string class.  string.h is the
old c-style functions, string (no extension) contains the C++ string class.

#2: If a header file wasn't found, the compiler would issue an error or
warning, not just silently ignore it.

#3:  All the standard C++ classes live in a namespace called 'std', so you
want to refer to them either as "std::string" or have a "using namespace
std;" statement at the top of your file.

#4:  None of this is remotely cygwin-specific; you want to read a basic
tutorial on C++/stl programming.  There are problems with the rest of your
code as you'll see once you've added the namespace line, but it's all
completely generic c++ stuff and this won't be the right place to bring them
up.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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