I have a class called manifest... 
 
 
class manifest { 
     public: 
          manifest(); 
          manifest(const char *filename); 
          ~manifest(); 
 
          void report_name(); 
 
     private: 
          char* select(char *filename, int len); 
          char      *filename; 
          ifstream  *mstreamp; 
}; 
 
 
...manifest is initialized by one of the following constructors... 
 
 
manifest::manifest(){ 
     filename = new char[FILENAME_MAX]; 
     while (!select(filename, FILENAME_MAX - 1)); 
     mstreamp = new ifstream(filename); 
} 
 
 
manifest::manifest(const char* manfile){ 
     filename = new char[FILENAME_MAX]; 
     strncpy(filename, manfile, FILENAME_MAX - 1); 
     mstreamp = new ifstream(filename); 
} 
 
 
How do I handle errors in opening the ifstream? 
 
Is it a good idea perhaps, to just allocate space for filename within 
the constructor and then handle everything else in a manifest::init() 
member?  That would seem redundant to me but perhaps overloading 
constructors is already redundant. 
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  thanx 
 
 
*A fool must search for a greater fool to find admiration. 
 
e-mail:  benjamin.l.mcgee@purgatoire.org 
NET-MAIL: Benjamin L McGee on 1:15/7
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