Re: Why no conversion of string to const char * in STD lib?

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From: Atman Binstock
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 02:36

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David Vandevoorde (vandevod@cs.rpi.edu) wrote:
> Do you think:
>
>       f(static_cast<char*>(s))
>
> is more convenient than:
>
>       f(s.c_str())    ?

Yes.  The first one makes writing general template functions easier.  
The second one hinders it.

Atman Binstock
ajb@panix.com
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