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Why do I get a compiler error when including <string.h> and using std::basic_string?

When i try to compile the following code:

#include <string.h>
using namespace std;
typedef std::basic_string<char> foostring;
foostring foo = "foo";

I get the following error:

stringtest.cpp:5: error: expected initializer before ‘<’ token
stringtest.cpp:6: error: ‘foostring’ does not name a type

My compiler is: g++ (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) 4.4.1
What am i doing wrong? i intend to use this with windows TCHAR for unicode support once i figure out how to use it.

Solution

  • The header is <string>, not <string.h>.

    None of the standard library headers end with an extension. (You're including the C header string.h, which should be included in C++ via <cstring>, had that been what you actually wanted.)