basic_string::npos

From: Gene Wirchenko (gwirchenkoEXCEPT_at_CAPITALSwencomine.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:48:27 GMT

     In the documentation that is a cruel joke department, we have:

     Supposedly string.find() returns basic_string::npos if the search
string is not found. What is this value? The docs I have state:

"basic_string::max_size
size_type max_size() const;
The member function returns the length of the longest sequence that
the object can control.

basic_string::npos
static const size_type npos = -1;
The constant is the largest representable value of type size_type. It
is assuredly larger than max_size(), hence it serves as either a very
large value or as a special code."

  1) -1 is assuredly larger than the length of the longest sequence
that a string can control?

  2) Despite
          #include <string>
I am not able to refer to this value anyway.

     What is the correct data, please?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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