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From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.sco.programmer,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: CString on UNIX
Date: 27 Mar 1997 10:53:52 -0500
Organization: Comeau Computing
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In article <5hch2a$7m8@tor-nn1-hb0.netcom.ca> variable@netcom.ca (Chris McKillop) writes:
>In message <859262963.14357@dejanews.com> - raufa@nsd.com writes:
>:>
>:>Hi Everybody out there,
>:>
>:>I am looking for a CString class that is compatible with Microsoft's VC++
>:>4.2 and MFC 4.0(or later) that works on UNIX (HP-UX, Solaris etc.).
>:>
>:>I considered taking MFC Source code and making necessary changes to make
>:>it run on UNIX. But that is a project by itself and I do not have all the
>:>time do it.
>:>
>:>Has anyone come across shareware/freeware or do you have code of your own
>:>that you are willing to share? Or can atleast someone give me the right
>:>pointers for getting my work done?
>:>
>:>I would appreciate any and all help.
>:>
>
> Well, there is a simple and VERY cross platform
>solution. First step, stop using CString. Instead,
>use the STL template class string. The STL is now part
>of the C++ standard library, and is very crossplatform. You
>might want to check out http://www.ipmce.su/people/fbp/stl/stlport.html
>though, as the version of the STL that comes with VC++ v4.2
>isn't very good. (No fault for Mr. Plaugher, more the fault of
>the compilier).
Just a minor nitpick -- I agree with everything you've said otherwise,
just that I've seen a number of people confused/disappointed on this in
the past -- but string is not part of STL. It is part of the draft
C++ Library, which STL is a part of too. But since string is such
a fundamental, and will often be used with STL, it is good to know about it.
Furthermore, it has been made _compatible_ with STL by allowing iterators
to be defined for it.
- Greg
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