Added operator + for strings

svn-id: r14093

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/common/str.cpp b/common/str.cpp
index 3691088e6a..cd2bd631ac 100644
--- a/common/str.cpp
+++ b/common/str.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,28 @@ bool ConstString::operator >= (const ConstString &x) const {
 	return (x <= *this);
 }
 
+#pragma mark -
+
+String operator +(const String &x, const String &y) {
+	String temp(x);
+	temp += y;
+	return temp;
+}
+
+String operator +(const char *x, const String &y) {
+	String temp(x);
+	temp += y;
+	return temp;
+}
+
+String operator +(const String &x, const char *y) {
+	String temp(x);
+	temp += y;
+	return temp;
+}
+
+#pragma mark -
+
 bool operator == (const char* y, const ConstString &x) {
 	return (x == y);
 }
diff --git a/common/str.h b/common/str.h
index 8697ca2871..d6354481d5 100644
--- a/common/str.h
+++ b/common/str.h
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ protected:
 	void decRefCount();
 };
 
+// Append two strings to form a new (temp) string
+String operator +(const String &x, const String &y);
+String operator +(const char *x, const String &y);
+String operator +(const String &x, const char *y);
+
 // Some useful additional comparision operators for Strings
 bool operator == (const char *x, const ConstString &y);
 bool operator != (const char *x, const ConstString &y);