--- deliantra/server/include/shstr.h	2006/09/14 21:16:12	1.11
+++ deliantra/server/include/shstr.h	2007/04/23 15:27:46	1.13
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef SHSTR_H__
 #define SHSTR_H__
 
+#include <sstream>
+
 #include "util.h"
 
 extern int buf_overflow (const char *buf1, const char *buf2, int bufsize);
@@ -101,6 +103,24 @@
   return sh.length ();
 }
 
+inline int strcmp (const shstr &a, const shstr &b)
+{
+  // TODO: use this to find all the occurences of people using strcmp
+  // all uses should be bogus, as we should be never interested in
+  // comparing shstr's alphabetically
+#if 0
+  extern void do_not_use_strcmp_to_compare_shstr_values ();
+  do_not_use_strcmp_to_compare_shstr_values ();
+#endif
+  return a != b;
+}
+
+std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &o, const shstr &sh)
+{
+  o.write (sh.s, sh.length ());
+  return o;
+}
+
 // only good for mass comparisons to shstr objects
 struct shstr_cmp
 {