c++/3309: 'string' typedef bug
Artem Khodush
artem@duma.gov.ru
Thu Jun 21 01:51:00 GMT 2001
> #include <string>
>
>
> class Test
> {
> public:
>
> typedef int IntType;
> typedef string StringType;
> };
>
>test.cxx:11: ISO C++ forbids declaration of `string' with no type
>test.cxx:11: parse error before `;' token
This is not a bug, though the error message is
somewhat misleading. Gcc 3.0 is much closer
to c++ standard then 2.95, so <string> header
does not define class string in the global
namespace anymore.
Either write
typedef std::string StringType;
or
using std::string; // just after including <string>
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