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+#ifndef TMWA_STRINGS_MSTRING_HPP
+#define TMWA_STRINGS_MSTRING_HPP
+//    strings/mstring.hpp - A mutable 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
+//    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 <deque>
+
+#include "base.hpp"
+
+namespace strings
+{
+    /// An owning string that is still expected to change.
+    /// The storage might not be contiguous, but it still offers
+    /// random-access iterators.
+    /// TODO implement a special one, to avoid quirks of std::deque.
+    class MString
+    {
+    public:
+        typedef std::deque<char>::iterator iterator;
+        typedef std::deque<char>::const_iterator const_iterator;
+        typedef std::reverse_iterator<iterator> reverse_iterator;
+        typedef std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator> const_reverse_iterator;
+    private:
+        std::deque<char> _hack;
+    public:
+        iterator begin();
+        iterator end();
+        const_iterator begin() const;
+        const_iterator end() const;
+        reverse_iterator rbegin();
+        reverse_iterator rend();
+        const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const;
+        const_reverse_iterator rend() const;
+
+        size_t size() const;
+        explicit
+        operator bool() const;
+        bool operator !() const;
+
+        MString& operator += (MString rhs);
+        MString& operator += (char c);
+        MString& operator += (XString xs);
+
+        void pop_back(size_t n=1);
+        char& front();
+        char& back();
+    };
+} // namespace strings
+
+#endif // TMWA_STRINGS_MSTRING_HPP