--- In Boost-Users@y..., Jon Kalb <kalb@L...> wrote:
At 7:57 PM +0000 1/5/02, bill_kempf wrote:
<string.h> is neither deprecated,
Appendix D.5 Standard C library headers [depr.c.headers] leads me to believe otherwise.
Splitting hairs. <string.h> is deprecated with preference for <cstring> (not <string>), but the functionality contained in both is identical. The only difference is in which namespace names are placed. This is not the case with <iostream> and <iostream.h>. <iostream.h> is a non-standard header, often still provided by compiler vendors for compatibility with the pre-standard non-template based iostreams. Using <iostream.h> can result in undefined behavior, as is the case when you mix use of it with use of <iostream>, while use of <string.h> is still 100% conforming even if it's use is discouraged in favor of <cstring>. Granted, my statement was not fully correct and likely caused some confusion, but your response just made things worse. Bill Kempf