On 7 July 2011 06:30, eric <cneric12lin0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear advanced c++ programers: > > I copied and tested a piece simple Trimming string code from book c+ > + cookbook in chapter4, section2 > Example 4-4:Trim trailing whitespace. You can download and try it by > yourself. > ------------------------------------------------- > http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596007614/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > in my g++ 4.5.2, compiler reponse > -------------------- > 4-4.cpp: In function ‘void rtrimws(std::string&)’: > 4-4.cpp:21:21: error: too many arguments to function ‘void > rtrimws(std::string&)’ > 4-4.cpp:20:6: note: declared here > ------------ > according to the book, all book example code is compiled success in > Visual C++ compiler The code is buggy, the function isspace is overloaded so this line cannot compile: rtrimws(s, isspace); Contact the authors, it's not a g++ problem.