Subj : Re: getline()
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : gianlucaspm
Date : Thu Aug 25 2005 01:32 am

Try this:

#include <string>
#include <iostream> //For cin
#include <fstream>  //For ifstream, fstream
#include <sstream>  //For istringstream, stringstream

using namespace std;

class MyCustomIstream: public istream
{
public:
  MyCustomIstream():istream(){};
};//MyCustomIstream

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  string str;
  getline(cin, str);

  ifstream ifs;
  getline(ifs, str);

  fstream fs;
  getline(fs, str);

  istringstream iss;
  getline(iss, str);
  stringstream ss;
  getline(ss, str);

  MyCustomIstream myCustomIstream;
  getline(myCustomIstream, str);

  //istream is; //doesn't compile
}

If you uncomment the last  line you won't be compile anymore because the
constructor
for istream is protected (check istream.h file), therefore is accessible
only by his
descendants ifstream, fstream, istringstream, stringstream, MyCustomIstream.

hth,
Gianluca


"Rod Runnheim" <rodr@lmcg.wisc.edu> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:42f92e1e@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I'm having problems getting the compiler to recognize the stl getline()
> function.
>
>   getline(istream, string)
>
>   It is not finding the definition for it.  Any suggestions?
>
> Rod
>
>

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