Re: std::string reference initialized with string literal

From:

"James Kanze" <james.kanze@gmail.com>

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comp.lang.c++.moderated

Date:

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 08:59:06 CST

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On Mar 3, 5:07 am, "Ivan Novick" <ivan.d.nov...@gmail.com> wrote:

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

const std::string& mystring = "Hello World";

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
std::cout << mystring << std::endl;
return 0;
}

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This code works on my box, but it seems wrong. Can we initialize a
reference with a string literal?

You can't initialize a reference to an std::string with a string
literal. Something like:
char const& mystring[ 12 ] = "Hello world" ;
would work, though. (At least, I think it would.

I am assuming a temporary is created
in the process, but I am not seeing how this can work.

A temporary is created. There are a few special cases where the
lifetime of a temporary is extended: when a reference is
initialized with a temporary, the lifetime of that reference is
extended to the lifetime of the reference.

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