--- /dev/null
+#ifndef _WIDESTRING_H
+#define _WIDESTRING_H 1
+
+#include <string>
+
+// UCS-4 string with support for getting from UTF-8
+class widestring : public std::wstring
+{
+public:
+ void operator= (const char *from);
+};
+
+#endif /* !defined(_WIDESTRING_H) */