Re: cerr not defined

[Oliver Kullmann <O dot Kullmann at Swansea dot ac dot uk>]

> 
> I am running gcc  version 3.2 20020927 under Cygwin  
> 1.3.18(0.69/3/2) 2002-12-25
> on Windows XP Professional.
> 
> I am trying to compile C++ examples from the book Computer 
> Graphics using Open GL by F. S. Hill, Jr.  Some of the examples 
> work but now I am having trouble with the streams library.
> I have included all the 32 headers found in section 17.4.1.2 of the 
> C++ standard
> and all of the standard C library headers (according to the same 
> standard).
> 
> But "ios" continues to be "undeclared".
> 
> I have also tried compiling the standard example of stream io from 
> Strousstrup's "The C++ Programming Language - Third Edition" 
> page 637 section 21.5.1 File Streams.  But I get:
> 
> $ g++ testiostream.cpp
> testiostream.cpp: In function `void error(const char*, const char*)':
> testiostream.cpp:8: `cerr' undeclared 
> (first use this function)
> testiostream.cpp:8: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only 
> once for each
>    function it appears in.)
> 
> The code is:
> _____________________Start of Code___________________
> #include <fstream>
> #include <cstdlib>
> 
> 
> void error(const char* P, const char* P2 = "" )
> {
> 	cerr << P <<  ' ' << P2 << '\n' ;
> 	std::exit(1) ;
> }
> 
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> 	if(argc != 3) error( "wrong number of arguments");
> 
> 	std::ifstream from( argv[1]);
> 	if(!from) error ("cannot open input file", argv[1]);
> 
> 	std::ofstream to( argv[2]);
> 	if( !to ) error( "cannot open output file", argv[2]);
> 
> 	char ch;
> 	while ( from.get(ch) ) to.put( ch ) ;
> 
> 	if( !from.eof() || !to ) error( "something strange happened");
> 
> 	
> }
> ________________ End of Code_________________
> 
> Anybody know what gcc options or includes or what I need to add 
> or change to make this work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Shane
> 
> shane@shaneroberts.com
> 


Hi,

strange, why do you qualify most names with "std::" but not "cerr" --- it
needs the namespace qualifier "std::" as well!

And it is new to me that cerr comes with <fstream>; I think it is only
included via <iostream>.

Oliver