string assignment error

[Daeron]

Ok, this is a wierd error. Here's sample code:

class sample
{
friend istream& operator >> (istream& ins, sample& test);
private:
string name
};

istream& operator >> (istream& ins, sample& test)
{
getline(ins, test.name); //error here
return ins;
}

Once the program gets to the getline statement, I get an access violation 0xc0000005 error. I've tried creating a temp string var using the getline with it, then copying temp into name but then it errors out on that line. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Daeron]

Further troubleshooting shows that for some reason, the member variable of type string is stuck in a FROZEN state and it errors out on the GROW function. Anyone know why it would be in this state? The parameter isn't a const, and I even made the member variable a public and same thing. I'm scrappin the bottom of the barrel here.