refcountedstring/Char.h

#pragma once
#include <cstring>
#include "String.h"
class String;
class StringValue;



/* This class provides a simple wrapper for a char primitive, and implements
 * copy-on-write semantics for the non-const String::operator[] via some magic */
class Char
{
private:

    size_t _index;
    String& _string;

public:

    explicit Char(size_t index, String& string) noexcept :_index(index), _string(string) {}
    operator char() const;
    Char& operator=(char);
    Char& operator=(const Char&);
};