#pragma once
//    strings/zstring.hpp - A borrowed tail slice of a string.
//
//    Copyright © 2013 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
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//
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//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//    GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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#include "fwd.hpp"

#include "base.hpp"


namespace tmwa
{
namespace strings
{
    /// A non-owning string that is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
    /// This should be only used as a parameter.
    class ZString : public _crtp_string<ZString, AString, ZPair>
    {
        iterator _b, _e;
        // optional
        const RString *_base;
    public:
        ZString();
        // no MString
        ZString(const RString& s);
        ZString(const AString& s);
        ZString(const TString& s);
        ZString(const SString&) = delete;
        //ZString(ZString);
        ZString(const XString&) = delete;
        template<uint8_t n>
        ZString(const VString<n>& s);
        ZString(const LString& s);
        // dangerous
        ZString(const char *b, const char *e, const RString *base_);
        ZString(decltype(really_construct_from_a_pointer), const char *s, const RString *base_);

        iterator begin() const;
        iterator end() const;
        const RString *base() const;
        const char *c_str() const;
    };

    // 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 ZString& zs);
} // namespace strings
} // namespace tmwa

#include "zstring.tcc"