+/* Define operators for using >> and << with irc::string to an ostream on an istream. */
+/* This was endless fun. No. Really. */
+/* It was also the first core change Ommeh made, if anyone cares */
+
+/** Operator << for irc::string
+ */
+inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, const irc::string &str) { return os << str.c_str(); }
+
+/** Operator >> for irc::string
+ */
+inline std::istream& operator>>(std::istream &is, irc::string &str)
+{
+ std::string tmp;
+ is >> tmp;
+ str = tmp.c_str();
+ return is;
+}
+
+/* Define operators for + and == with irc::string to std::string for easy assignment
+ * and comparison
+ *
+ * Operator +
+ */
+inline std::string operator+ (std::string& leftval, irc::string& rightval)
+{
+ return leftval + std::string(rightval.c_str());
+}
+
+/* Define operators for + and == with irc::string to std::string for easy assignment
+ * and comparison
+ *
+ * Operator +
+ */
+inline irc::string operator+ (irc::string& leftval, std::string& rightval)
+{
+ return leftval + irc::string(rightval.c_str());
+}
+
+/* Define operators for + and == with irc::string to std::string for easy assignment
+ * and comparison
+ *
+ * Operator ==
+ */
+inline bool operator== (const std::string& leftval, const irc::string& rightval)
+{
+ return (leftval.c_str() == rightval);
+}
+
+/* Define operators for + and == with irc::string to std::string for easy assignment
+ * and comparison
+ *
+ * Operator ==
+ */
+inline bool operator== (const irc::string& leftval, const std::string& rightval)
+{
+ return (leftval == rightval.c_str());
+}
+
+/* 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);
+}
+
+// FIXME MAXBUF messes up these
+#if 0
+template<std::size_t N>
+static inline bool operator == (std::string const &lhs, char const (&rhs)[N])
+{
+ return lhs.length() == N - 1 && !std::memcmp(lhs.data(), rhs, N - 1);
+}
+
+template<std::size_t N>
+static inline bool operator != (std::string const &lhs, char const (&rhs)[N])
+{
+ return !(lhs == rhs);
+}
+#endif
+
+/** Assign an irc::string to a std::string.
+ */
+inline std::string assign(const irc::string &other) { return other.c_str(); }
+
+/** Assign a std::string to an irc::string.
+ */
+inline irc::string assign(const std::string &other) { return other.c_str(); }