--- deliantra/server/include/shstr.h	2007/02/05 02:07:40	1.12
+++ deliantra/server/include/shstr.h	2007/04/23 16:07:00	1.14
@@ -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);
@@ -113,6 +115,12 @@
   return a != b;
 }
 
+static 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
 {