From de3318a7248363ced76c93c7564f623bcde56dea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Maxim [maxirmx] Samsonov" <m.samsonov@computer.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 01:19:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added c_str method for backwards compatibility

---
 include/sexpp/sexp.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/sexpp/sexp.h b/include/sexpp/sexp.h
index de0d093..e481b65 100644
--- a/include/sexpp/sexp.h
+++ b/include/sexpp/sexp.h
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ class SEXP_PUBLIC_SYMBOL sexp_simple_string_t : public std::vector<octet_t>,
     }
 
     uint32_t as_unsigned() const noexcept;
+
+    std::string as_string(void) const
+    {
+        return std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(data()), size());
+    }
+
+    std::string c_str(void) const  { return as_string();  }
+
 };
 
 inline bool operator==(const sexp_simple_string_t *left, const std::string &right) noexcept