+/* Define operators != for irc::string to std::string for easy comparison
+ */
+inline bool operator!= (const irc::string& leftval, const std::string& rightval)
+{
+ return !(leftval == rightval.c_str());
+}
+
+/* Define operators != for std::string to irc::string for easy comparison
+ */
+inline bool operator!= (const std::string& leftval, const irc::string& rightval)
+{
+ return !(leftval.c_str() == rightval);
+}
+
+/** Assign an irc::string to a std::string.
+ */