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[tansey]

I'm trying to use a couple of simple container classes in my bot ( a map and a set) and VC++ 6.0 doesn't want to let the thing compile.

I've got a separate header and cpp file for my actual core. So I'm trying to make my bot have 2 fields, one map and one set, and I'm declaring them as such:

Code: Show/Hide    set<int>               set1;          map <Player*, int>         map1;

I'm constantly getting errors like:

[Cyan~Fire]

Make sure you have the line "using namespace std;" at the top of every file that uses STL classes.

Also make sure you don't ever use STL classes because they're the worst thing to debug in ages.
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[tansey]

Yep, tried that...
When i did using namespace std but it said:

[Underlord]

[tansey]

Thanks so far! But now it's giving me more errors:

[tansey]

Okay, I figured out the issues with the map, but my String issues are still there. For some reason, it's not acknowledging the operator overloaders or the copy constructors or anything like that.

Is it maybe because of my namespace std; declaration, since String is a class not in that namespace?

[Mr Ekted]

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[Cyan~Fire]

Make sure "#define STRING_CAST_CHAR" is at the top of spawn.h.

[tansey]

Yep, it is.

The top of my bot's .h file (separate file, not spawn.h):

Code: Show/Hide #ifndef HOSTBOT_H #define HOSTBOT_H #include "..\dllcore.h" #include <map> #include <set> #include <iostream> using namespace std; #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN #include <windows.h>

[D1st0rt]

ouch Ekted, lol

do you not like the STL?
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[CypherJF]

Ekted is old skewl... He's too good for STL ... lol.
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[D1st0rt]

maybe some day I will level up into a Mr Ekted

[tansey]

um....is there any other library you guys would reccommend to use that has both a map and a set class? I know stl has a lot of memory leaks, but it's all I know!

[Cyan~Fire]

I don't see it at the top of that file. And it should be in the spawn.h.

As far as STL goes, you'll learn a lot about the language if you do it yourself. That's what I did, and man, do I feel in control of my program.

And, of course, you can always re-use a template class once you've made one.

[Mr Ekted]

[tansey]

I've written all these classes on my own before too, for my CS classes...but I would tend to think that a guy who's only got 7 months c++ experience wouldn't make as efficient a map/set class as the stl writers (HP?)

[Cyan~Fire]

Oh, they might not be efficient, but you can always improve them in the future. The ease of debugging makes up for any slight efficiency loss.

[Mr Ekted]

No matter how efficient the String class is, you can write the code above that runs 10-20x faster, and it's MUCH easier to debug.

[Dr Brain]

You can't perform less than two allocations for that functions task.

I agree that having that code inline would be much easier to debug, though.
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[Cyan~Fire]

You could only perform one allocation if the class was designed properly.

And my talking about efficiency was mainly targeted towards var-length arrays, trees, etc.

[Bak]

STL doesn't have memory leaks, where did you hear that?

the String class is not STL's class... it's written by catid

[CypherJF]

I wrote a string class once.

[Cyan~Fire]

OMFG I DID TOO OMG OMG OMG WHAT'S YOUR #??

[D1st0rt]

I wrote a string class never.