--- deliantra/server/include/shstr.h	2006/09/12 18:15:34	1.10
+++ deliantra/server/include/shstr.h	2007/02/05 02:07:40	1.12
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@
   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;
+}
+
 // only good for mass comparisons to shstr objects
 struct shstr_cmp
 {
@@ -111,6 +123,12 @@
   {
   }
 
+  shstr_cmp (const shstr_cmp &sh)
+  : s (sh.s)
+  {
+  }
+
+  shstr_cmp &operator =(const shstr_cmp sh) { s = sh.s; return *this; }
   operator const char *() const { return s; }
 };