test.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: test.cpp:13: error: ambiguous overload for ‘operator>>’ in ‘std::basic_istringstream, std::allocator >(((const std::basic_string, std::allocator >&)(& std::basic_string, std::allocator >(((const char*)"C D E"), ((const std::allocator&)((const std::allocator*)(& std::allocator())))))), _S_in) >> c’ /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/istream:131: note: candidates are: std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::operator>>(std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& (*)(std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>&)) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits] /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/istream:134: note: std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::operator>>(std::basic_ios<_CharT, _Traits>& (*)(std::basic_ios<_CharT, _Traits>&)) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits] /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/istream:137: note: std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::operator>>(std::ios_base& (*)(std::ios_base&)) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits] /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/istream:230: note: std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::operator>>(std::basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>*) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits]