"wazz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to define a simple class which extends std::string
std::string wasn't designed to serve as a non-private base class ... > , as well as provides a method for C-style typecast. ... and, as a rule, conversion operators are a bad idea because of the surprising behavior they often cause. There's a reason why c_str() is called c_str() and not operator char const *(). _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus