Re: [xml] BAD_CAST question

[Stefan Seefeld <seefeld sympatico ca>]

Clint Barlow wrote:
> Hi, I have a function that returns a std::string that I need to convert
> to an xmlChar*.  What is the best way to do this?  I get a compiler
> error when I use the BAD_CAST macro.  I'm fairly new to to C and
> libxml.  Thanks for your help.

To extract a 'char const *' from a std::string you have to call its c_str()
method. That you can cast using BAD_CAST. (But make sure it gets appropriately
copied, depending on where you us it !)

HTH,
                Stefan

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