From 21517b3e3b36f3494c0cd8f09179cfc66927eaf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaun Jackman <sjackman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 17:15:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cannot convert std::ifstream to bool

Fixes #88.
---
 src/common.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common.cpp b/src/common.cpp
index 9d077bd..b750250 100644
--- a/src/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common.cpp
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ void TrimRead(const string& input_nucs,
 }
 
 bool fexists(const char *filename) {
-  ifstream ifile(filename);
-  return ifile;
+  return (bool)ifstream(filename);
 }
 
 bool valid_nucleotides_string(const string &str) {