+ wxASSERT(nStart <= length());
+ size_type strLen = length() - nStart;
+ nLen = strLen < nLen ? strLen : nLen;
+ if( nCount == npos )
+ nCount = wxStrlen(sz);
+
+ return ::wxDoCmp(data() + nStart, nLen, sz, nCount);
+}
+
+#undef STRINGCLASS
+
+#endif // !wxUSE_STL || !defined(HAVE_STD_STRING_COMPARE)
+
+// ===========================================================================
+// wxString class core
+// ===========================================================================
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// construction and conversion
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+
+// from multibyte string
+wxString::wxString(const char *psz, const wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength)
+{
+ // anything to do?
+ if ( psz && nLength != 0 )
+ {
+ if ( nLength == npos )
+ {
+ nLength = wxNO_LEN;
+ }
+
+ size_t nLenWide;
+ wxWCharBuffer wbuf = conv.cMB2WC(psz, nLength, &nLenWide);
+
+ if ( nLenWide )
+ assign(wbuf, nLenWide);
+ }
+}
+
+//Convert wxString in Unicode mode to a multi-byte string
+const wxCharBuffer wxString::mb_str(const wxMBConv& conv) const
+{
+ return conv.cWC2MB(c_str(), length() + 1 /* size, not length */, NULL);
+}
+
+#else // ANSI
+
+#if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
+
+// from wide string
+wxString::wxString(const wchar_t *pwz, const wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength)
+{
+ // anything to do?
+ if ( pwz && nLength != 0 )
+ {
+ if ( nLength == npos )
+ {
+ nLength = wxNO_LEN;
+ }
+
+ size_t nLenMB;
+ wxCharBuffer buf = conv.cWC2MB(pwz, nLength, &nLenMB);
+
+ if ( nLenMB )
+ assign(buf, nLenMB);
+ }
+}
+
+//Converts this string to a wide character string if unicode
+//mode is not enabled and wxUSE_WCHAR_T is enabled
+const wxWCharBuffer wxString::wc_str(const wxMBConv& conv) const
+{
+ return conv.cMB2WC(c_str(), length() + 1 /* size, not length */, NULL);
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_WCHAR_T
+
+#endif // Unicode/ANSI
+
+// shrink to minimal size (releasing extra memory)
+bool wxString::Shrink()
+{
+ wxString tmp(begin(), end());
+ swap(tmp);
+ return tmp.length() == length();
+}
+
+#if !wxUSE_STL
+// get the pointer to writable buffer of (at least) nLen bytes
+wxChar *wxString::DoGetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
+{
+ if ( !AllocBeforeWrite(nLen) ) {
+ // allocation failure handled by caller
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ wxASSERT( GetStringData()->nRefs == 1 );
+ GetStringData()->Validate(false);
+
+ return m_pchData;
+}
+
+// put string back in a reasonable state after GetWriteBuf
+void wxString::DoUngetWriteBuf()
+{
+ DoUngetWriteBuf(wxStrlen(m_pchData));
+}
+
+void wxString::DoUngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
+{
+ wxStringData * const pData = GetStringData();
+
+ wxASSERT_MSG( nLen < pData->nAllocLength, _T("buffer overrun") );
+
+ // the strings we store are always NUL-terminated
+ pData->data()[nLen] = _T('\0');
+ pData->nDataLength = nLen;
+ pData->Validate(true);
+}
+
+// deprecated compatibility code:
+#if WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
+wxChar *wxString::GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
+{
+ return DoGetWriteBuf(nLen);
+}
+
+void wxString::UngetWriteBuf()
+{
+ DoUngetWriteBuf();
+}
+
+void wxString::UngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
+{
+ DoUngetWriteBuf(nLen);
+}
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
+
+#endif // !wxUSE_STL
+
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// data access
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// all functions are inline in string.h
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// assignment operators
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if !wxUSE_UNICODE
+
+// same as 'signed char' variant
+wxString& wxString::operator=(const unsigned char* psz)
+{
+ *this = (const char *)psz;