String.h vs string.h bug...

[James Paul Morgan]

On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:

> Very simply, when compiling a C++ program that includes <string.h>, 
> the preprocessor includes <String.h> from the C++ include directory, 
> instead of the (lower case) string.h from the C include dir. This 
> isn't a problem under Unix, I suppose, since "String.h" and 
> "string.h" aren't the same file, but under Windows 95, it's causing 
> problems. Besides annoying warnings of "implicit" declarations of 
> strchr(), I get programs that won't compile due to this error:
> 
The simple workaround is to copy the string.h file to cstring.h and 
then include that instead.  That's what I had to do with the V GUI package.


See ya around the Mulberry bush.

--James

:)

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