I've been playing around a bit with the HP STL implementation.
Problem: bstring.h (an almost-ANSI-string header) doesn't
contain such simple and useful functions as begin() and end()
(which should return iterators at the beginning and end of the
string).  In reading The STL<Primer>, I came across examples
that claim that just these sort of functions exist.

So, where can I find a 'real' ANSI string.h?  Is there one in
the public domain?  If not, where might I be able to buy one?

Thanks,

Allan

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In article C8A@trilogy.com, "D. Allan Drummond" <allan.drummond@trilogy.com>
writes:

>I've been playing around a bit with the HP STL implementation.
>Problem: bstring.h (an almost-ANSI-string header) doesn't
>contain such simple and useful functions as begin() and end()
>(which should return iterators at the beginning and end of the
>string).  In reading The STL<Primer>, I came across examples
>that claim that just these sort of functions exist.

>So, where can I find a 'real' ANSI string.h?  Is there one in
>the public domain?  If not, where might I be able to buy one?

I think that <bstring.h> is a BSD-Unix-ism. I do know it is not part of
standard C or C++. I don't know whether it is part of POSIX.

The standard header <string.h> must be part of any conforming C and
C++ implementation. If you don't have a conforming C or C++ compiler,
adding someone else's header won't do you any good. The header must
match the library.

P. J. Plauger's book "The Standard C Library" contains a complete
implementation that you could copy. (Pay attention to the copyright
restrictions.) But I would think you would be better off finding out
why your C++ compiler doesn't have a <string.h>, if indeed it does not.
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