--- deliantra/server/include/dynbuf.h	2007/11/08 19:43:24	1.15
+++ deliantra/server/include/dynbuf.h	2008/09/15 00:16:19	1.20
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Deliantra, the Roguelike Realtime MMORPG.
  * 
- * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
+ * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
  * Copyright (©) 2002,2007 Mark Wedel & Crossfire Development Team
  * Copyright (©) 1992,2007 Frank Tore Johansen
  * 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   char *ptr, *end;
   int _size;
 
-  int extend;
+  int extend, cextend;
   chunk *first, *last;
 
   void reserve (int size);
@@ -161,15 +161,19 @@
   void add (sint32 i);
   void add (sint64 i);
 
-  //TODO: should optimise the case printf "(name %+d)" as it comes up extreemly often
+  //TODO: should optimise the case printf "(name %+d)" as it comes up extremely often
 
-  using dynbuf::operator <<;
-  dynbuf &operator << (sint16 i) { add (sint32 (i)); return *this; }
-  dynbuf &operator << (uint16 i) { add (sint32 (i)); return *this; }
-  dynbuf &operator << (sint32 i) { add (sint32 (i)); return *this; }
-  dynbuf &operator << (sint64 i) { add (sint64 (i)); return *this; }
-  dynbuf &operator << (uint32 i) { add (sint64 (i)); return *this; }
-  dynbuf &operator << (uint64 i) { add (sint64 (i)); return *this; }
+  //using dynbuf::operator <<; // doesn't work, sometimes C++ just suxx
+  // instead we use an ugly template function
+  template<typename T>
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (T c) { *(dynbuf *)this << c; return *this; }
+
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (sint16 i) { add (sint32 (i)); return *this; }
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (uint16 i) { add (sint32 (i)); return *this; }
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (sint32 i) { add (sint32 (i)); return *this; }
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (sint64 i) { add (sint64 (i)); return *this; }
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (uint32 i) { add (sint64 (i)); return *this; }
+  dynbuf_text &operator << (uint64 i) { add (sint64 (i)); return *this; }
 
   void printf (const char *format, ...);
   void vprintf (const char *format, va_list ap);