Good point, glib offers a ton of useful functions: http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/2.6/glib-String-Utility-Functions.html http://library.gnome.org/devel/gli

Good point, glib offers a ton of useful functions: http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/2.6/glib-String-Utility-Functions.html http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/2.6/glib-String-Utility-... As you can see, its no std::string, but it can still save you some time.