From 39498849bdf4c17bef0aee277bcb329b2a11c3c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor McLaughlin <stenzek@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:14:38 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Common/String: Support casting to std::string_View

---
 src/common/string.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/string.h b/src/common/string.h
index a4a48ec6f..a0c1c7b9d 100644
--- a/src/common/string.h
+++ b/src/common/string.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <limits>
+#include <string_view>
 
 //
 // String
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ public:
   // m_pStringData->pBuffer[i]; }
   operator const char*() const { return GetCharArray(); }
   operator char*() { return GetWriteableCharArray(); }
+  operator std::string_view() const
+  {
+    return IsEmpty() ? std::string_view() : std::string_view(GetCharArray(), GetLength());
+  }
 
   // Will use the string data provided.
   String& operator=(const String& copyString)