Index: libcfa/src/parseconfig.cfa
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--- libcfa/src/parseconfig.cfa	(revision 0cfa768af48381bb9272a1fb4585d94bad6f505d)
+++ libcfa/src/parseconfig.cfa	(revision 09fda919377c7f7f826c9b400845ae672819f064)
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
 	KVPairs kv_pairs = { num_entries };
 
-	ifstream in;
 	try {
-		open( in, config_file );							// open the configuration file for input
+		ifstream in = { config_file };						// open the configuration file for input
 
 		while () {