Szenario:

Compiler is MSVC 5.0

#include <string>
class mystring : public std::string
{
    mystring(const char* initVal)
        : std::string(initVal)
    {
    }
};

Compiler issues an error: "illegal member initialization: 'string' is
not a base or member"

OK, I use namespace std:
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class mystring : public string
{
    mystring(const char* initVal)
        : string(initVal)
    {
    }
};

everything is OK now? What's the difference, what am I missing here?

TiA, Hans
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