From:	Gallicus AT caramail DOT com (Gallicus)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: _String.h and unresolved externals.
Date:	Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:56:28 GMT
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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:37:56 -0600, "David Whitcombe" <mxedisn AT rof DOT net>
wrote:

>This fails:
>---------------------------------
>#include <_String.h>
>
>int main(void)
>{
>    String x="Straw? No, too stupid. I put soot on warts.";
>    String y=x;
>    if (x==y) printf("Sit on a potato pan, Otis.");
>    return 0;
>}

I had the same problem last week, and Manni gave the solution
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On Wed, 07 Apr 1999 08:42:16 GMT, manfred DOT heumann AT uni-bielefeld DOT de (Manni
Heumann) wrote:

>Then write a small example program like:
>
>#include <_string.h>
>int main ()
>{
>    String x; // Note the capital S!
>}
>
>and compile it with:
>gxx example.cc -O3 -lgpp
>
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I was testing libgpp.a for the fun.
libstdcxx has a string class which does the same job without the same
problem

#include <string>

string str = "Hello" or
string str("hello")

works fine.

Gallicus.

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