+/** 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(); }
+
+/** Trim the leading and trailing spaces from a std::string.
+ */
+inline std::string& trim(std::string &str)
+{
+ std::string::size_type start = str.find_first_not_of(" ");
+ std::string::size_type end = str.find_last_not_of(" ");
+ if (start == std::string::npos || end == std::string::npos)
+ str = "";
+ else
+ str = str.substr(start, end-start+1);
+
+ return str;
+}
+
+/** Hashing stuff is totally different on vc++'s hash_map implementation, so to save a buttload of
+ * #ifdefs we'll just do it all at once
+ */
+BEGIN_HASHMAP_NAMESPACE
+
+ /** Hashing function to hash irc::string
+ */
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+ template<> class CoreExport hash_compare<irc::string, std::less<irc::string> >
+ {
+ public:
+ enum { bucket_size = 4, min_buckets = 8 }; /* Got these numbers from the CRT source, if anyone wants to change them feel free. */
+
+ /** Compare two irc::string values for hashing in hash_map