diff -r 000000000000 -r 6f7a81934006 lib/mystring/mystring.cc
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/mystring/mystring.cc	Wed Jan 16 22:39:43 2008 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "mystring.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifdef MYSTRING_TRACE
+mystring::~mystring()
+{
+  trace("rep=" << (void*)rep);
+  rep->detach();
+}
+#endif
+
+int mystring::operator!=(const char* in) const
+{
+  if(rep->buf == in)
+    return 0;
+  return strcmp(rep->buf, in);
+}
+
+int mystring::operator!=(const mystring& in) const
+{
+  if(rep->buf == in.rep->buf)
+    return 0;
+  return strcmp(rep->buf, in.rep->buf);
+}
+
+const mystring mystring::NUL("", 1);