Re: CString ... are 'they' nuts?

From:
".rhavin grobert" <clqrq@yahoo.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:09:12 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<fe6e6086-0df6-4c98-b28d-905ac4905000@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>
On 4 Feb., 18:43, "David Ching" <d...@remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote:

".rhavin grobert" <cl...@yahoo.de> wrote in message

news:1d623597-66c5-46f5-8db3-2a6b9a5b566b@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

The code between /* ### */ is - of course - not in the original ...
8-|

const CString& CString::operator=(LPCTSTR lpsz)
{
 /* ### */
if (lpsz != NULL && HIWORD(lpsz) == NULL)
{
UINT nID = LOWORD((DWORD)lpsz);
if (!LoadString(nID))
TRACE1("Warning: implicit LoadString(%u) failed\n", nID);
return *this;
}
/* ### */

ASSERT(lpsz == NULL || AfxIsValidString(lpsz));
AssignCopy(SafeStrlen(lpsz), lpsz);
return *this;
}

thanks microsoft!


Passing a resource ID is supported in the CString ctor, but apparently no=

t

in the operator =. How were you planning to use this capability? =

 Like

this?

  CString str;
  str = MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_MY_STRING);

This is highly unusual. This code is more readable and supported in th=

e

standard CString:

  CString str;
  str = CString(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_MY_STRING));

-- David


guess you have...

class foo{
public:
  inline void TestSet(LPCTSTR sz) {m_scTest = sz;};
private:
  CString m_scTest;
};

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