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

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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.

GManNickG · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-16 11:57:23Z

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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.)

answered Feb 16, 2011 at 11:57

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