Added comparison operators between strings and char const*

src/lol/base/string.h

@@ -197,6 +197,27 @@ public:
         return !(*this == s);
     }
 
+
+    inline bool operator ==(char const* sz) const
+    {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < this->m_count; ++i)
+        {
+            if (i < this->m_count - 1 && sz[i] == '\0')
+                return false;
+
+            if ((*this)[i] != sz[i])
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    inline bool operator !=(char const* sz) const
+    {
+        return !(*this == sz);
+    }
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #   define LOL_FMT_ATTR(n, p) __attribute__((format(printf, n, p)))
 #else
@@ -207,6 +228,16 @@ public:
     static String Printf(char const *format, va_list ap);
 };
 
+inline bool operator ==(char const* sz, String const &s)
+{
+    return s == sz;
+}
+
+inline bool operator !=(char const* sz, String const &s)
+{
+    return s != sz;
+}
+
 } /* namespace lol */
 
 #endif // __LOL_BASE_STRING_H__

test/unit/string.cpp

@@ -123,6 +123,31 @@ LOLUNIT_FIXTURE(StringTest)
         LOLUNIT_ASSERT(!(s1 != s3));
     }
 
+	LOLUNIT_TEST(StringCharsEqual)
+    {
+		char const* sz = "abc";
+        String s1("abc");
+        String s2("ab");
+
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(s1 == sz);
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(sz == s1);
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(!(s2 == sz));
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(!(sz == s2));
+    }
+
+	LOLUNIT_TEST(StringCharsDifferent)
+    {
+		char const* sz = "abc";
+        String s1("ab");
+        String s2("abc");
+
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(s1 != sz);
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(sz != s1);
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(!(s2 != sz));
+        LOLUNIT_ASSERT(!(sz != s2));
+    }
+
+
     LOLUNIT_TEST(StringPrintf)
     {
         String s1 = "3a";