From: Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De>
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Subject: Re: <string.h>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 21:42:22 +0100
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Andrew Crabtree wrote:
> 
> A. Sinan Unur wrote in message <34E2F36B DOT 37071F81 AT cornell DOT edu>...
> > AFAIK
> >_string.h (i.e. String.h) is for the GNU String class, as opposed to
> >string which is supposed to be the C++ standard header.
> I don't know the exact differences between the two header files, but you do
> not get a string
> class from <string>.  It is only defined in <_string.h> (String.h).  If you
> use <string> the program still won't compile.  At least in my setup, which
> is probably the worst one to base things off of :)
You are right, this is one of the examples what happens when you
answer questions from the back of (my ;-) mind. 
It works if you include <strclass.h>, which in turn  includes
<_string.h> and adds a typedef. I think strclass.h is better than
{S|_s}tring.h, because it has only lower case letters and should be
slightly more portable. 
-- 
Ciao
Tom

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