From -3966855669360744686 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,a4a0f2ad834f7335 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Oleg Zabluda Subject: Re: [io]fstreams ctors Date: 1998/02/02 Message-ID: <6b2f7c$uqj@marianna.psu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 321778695 References: <34CF78BF.5718@pratique.fr> <6aoof1$c9d$1@shell7.ba.best.com> <34D20BFB.5736@pratique.fr> X-Original-Date: 1 Feb 1998 13:34:20 -0500 X-Server-Date: 1 Feb 1998 17:38:29 GMT Reply-To: zabluda@math.psu.edu (Oleg Zabluda) Originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUBNNYOz0y4NqrwXLNJAQHUyQH/cVWA2zlSF4dZYbgTIrpkPWVVSovqTyrL fkEzhMogDAFt4ppHLJYeMB3CtcmVAfVTJIL58H7MebG81MvoFMoIdQ== =VZmY Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Valentin Bonnard wrote: : Nathan Myers wrote: : > : > Valentin Bonnard wrote: : > >fstreams ctors only take const char*, not wstring : > >or at least const charT*. Is it intentionnal ? : > >Is it an oversight ? : > : > It is a "permitted extension" to provide more constructors, : > as long as it can't change the behavior of a conforming program. : class SillyConverter : { : public: : operator const char* (); : operator const charT* (); : operator string (); : } s; : ifstream ifs (s); Hmm... It seems like your example shows that the "permitted extention", Nathan refers to, is actually _never_ permitted. Oleg. -- Life is a sexually transmitted, 100% lethal disease. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles: Try just posting with your newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu comp.std.c++ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/faq.html Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/policy.html Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu ]