Standard ANSI string.h -- where?

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2 total messages Started by D. Allan Drummond Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:34

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Author: D. Allan Drummond
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:34

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I've been playing around a bit with the HP STL implementation.  
Problem: bstring.h (an almost-ANSI-string header) doesn't 
contain such simple and useful functions as begin() and end() 
(which should return iterators at the beginning and end of the 
string).  In reading The STL<Primer>, I came across examples 
that claim that just these sort of functions exist.

So, where can I find a 'real' ANSI string.h?  Is there one in 
the public domain?  If not, where might I be able to buy one?

Thanks,

Allan

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Re: Standard ANSI string.h -- where?

#3007

Author: Steve Clamage
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 03:45

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In article C8A@trilogy.com, "D. Allan Drummond" <allan.drummond@trilogy.com>
writes:

>I've been playing around a bit with the HP STL implementation.  
>Problem: bstring.h (an almost-ANSI-string header) doesn't 
>contain such simple and useful functions as begin() and end() 
>(which should return iterators at the beginning and end of the 
>string).  In reading The STL<Primer>, I came across examples 
>that claim that just these sort of functions exist.

>So, where can I find a 'real' ANSI string.h?  Is there one in 
>the public domain?  If not, where might I be able to buy one?

I think that <bstring.h> is a BSD-Unix-ism. I do know it is not part of
standard C or C++. I don't know whether it is part of POSIX.

The standard header <string.h> must be part of any conforming C and
C++ implementation. If you don't have a conforming C or C++ compiler,
adding someone else's header won't do you any good. The header must
match the library.

P. J. Plauger's book "The Standard C Library" contains a complete
implementation that you could copy. (Pay attention to the copyright
restrictions.) But I would think you would be better off finding out
why your C++ compiler doesn't have a <string.h>, if indeed it does not.
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