BLM> 
 BLM> How do I handle errors in opening the ifstream? 
 BLM> 
 BLM> Is it a good idea perhaps, to just allocate space for filename within 
 BLM> the constructor and then handle everything else in a manifest::init() 
 BLM> member?  That would seem redundant to me but perhaps overloading 
 BLM> constructors is already redundant. 
 Though it is probably easiest (and simpler) to what you suggested, I
 will give you my recommendation.
 
 In a case like this, I'd define a Private or Protected 'int' variable
 "initFailed", and set it to 1 if the ifstream failed to open, 0 otherwise.
 You could then have Init() return 1 if that was set (without doing aynthing
 else).
 
 Hope that helps...
Sincerely,
Anthony Tibbs
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