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+#pragma once
+//    strings/literal.hpp - A string stored in the readonly data segment.
+//
+//    Copyright © 2014 Ben Longbons <b.r.longbons@gmail.com>
+//
+//    This file is part of The Mana World (Athena server)
+//
+//    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//    GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#include "fwd.hpp"
+
+#include "base.hpp"
+
+
+namespace tmwa
+{
+namespace strings
+{
+    /// A statically owned string that is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
+    /// This is a more permissive lifetime than anybody else has.
+    class LString : public _crtp_string<LString, AString, LPair>
+    {
+        iterator _b, _e;
+    private:
+        LString(const char *b, const char *e);
+        friend LString operator "" _s(const char *, size_t);
+        // for tail slicing
+        LString(const char *b, const char *e, const RString *) : LString(b, e) {}
+        friend class _crtp_string<LString, AString, LPair>;
+    public:
+
+        iterator begin() const;
+        iterator end() const;
+        const RString *base() const;
+        const char *c_str() const;
+    };
+
+    class FormatString
+    {
+        const char *_format;
+
+        friend constexpr FormatString operator "" _fmt(const char *, size_t);
+        constexpr explicit
+        FormatString(const char *f) : _format(f) {}
+    public:
+        constexpr
+        const char *format_string() const { return _format; }
+    };
+
+
+    // cxxstdio helpers
+    // I think the conversion will happen automatically. TODO test this.
+    // Nope, it doesn't, since there's a template
+    // Actually, it might now.
+    const char *decay_for_printf(const LString& zs);
+
+    inline
+    LString operator "" _s(const char *s, size_t)
+    {
+        return LString(s, s + __builtin_strlen(s));
+    }
+    constexpr
+    FormatString operator "" _fmt(const char *s, size_t)
+    {
+        return FormatString(s);
+    }
+} // namespace strings
+} // namespace tmwa