string to const char *

[Alan Robert Clark]

Hi *

gcc 2.96 RH7.2 refuses this:

string infoFileName = "machineinfo.txt";
ifstream infoFile (infoFileName);

I have recently vowed to move to the standard library stuff, instead of my
usual cobbled together stuff. What am I missing? Surely <fstream> and
<string> should work together?

If I really need to:
ifstream infoFile (infoFileName.c_ptr());
what is the use of using string's as opposed to char* if thats what
everything else expects?

Missing something and Confused. Guidance please.
(newsfeed very unreliable, please Cc: I very often get 3rd generation
replies on the news withou seeing 1st generation replies :-(

Alan

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[Victor Bazarov]

gcc 2.96 RH7.2 refuses this:

string infoFileName = "machineinfo.txt";
ifstream infoFile (infoFileName);

I have recently vowed to move to the standard library stuff, instead of my
usual cobbled together stuff. What am I missing? Surely <fstream> and
<string> should work together?

If I really need to:
ifstream infoFile (infoFileName.c_ptr());

ifstream infoFile (infoFileName.c_str());

, actually.

what is the use of using string's as opposed to char* if thats what
everything else expects?

What "everything else"? The only c-tor in the entire library
that needs const char* instead of const string&, and you call
it "everything"?

Missing something and Confused. Guidance please.

Whatever some functions need you should provide. Why complain?

(newsfeed very unreliable, please Cc: I very often get 3rd generation
replies on the news withou seeing 1st generation replies :-(

Sorry, no e-mails.

Victor

 

[John Harrison]

a...

Hi *

gcc 2.96 RH7.2 refuses this:

string infoFileName = "machineinfo.txt";
ifstream infoFile (infoFileName);

I have recently vowed to move to the standard library stuff, instead of my
usual cobbled together stuff. What am I missing? Surely <fstream> and
<string> should work together?

Maybe they should, but they don't. Its even worse if what you have is
wstring.

If I really need to:
ifstream infoFile (infoFileName.c_ptr());

ifstream infoFile (infoFileName.c_str());

what is the use of using string's as opposed to char* if thats what
everything else expects?

What is 'everything else'? So far you've mentioned ifstream. Most evrything
else works with string. Is having to write .c_str() is such a hardship?

In any case the main point of string is things like automatic memory
handling, not compatibility with iostreams.

Missing something and Confused. Guidance please.
(newsfeed very unreliable, please Cc: I very often get 3rd generation
replies on the news withou seeing 1st generation replies :-(

Alan

john