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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if defined (__GNUG__)
+#pragma implementation
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <iostream.h>
+#include <strstream.h>
+
+#include "pt.h"
+#include "pt-pr-code.h"
+
+// Hide the details of the string buffer so that we are less likely to
+// create a memory leak.
+
+string
+tree::str_print_code (void)
+{
+  ostrstream buf;
+
+  tree_print_code tpc (buf);
+
+  accept (tpc);
+
+  buf << ends;
+
+  const char *s = buf.str ();
+
+  string retval = s;
+
+  delete [] s;
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/