From 6ce94ce9142c86c7f62bc906e8def55148d0f439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:43:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] mu-utils: add to_string_view

---
 lib/utils/mu-utils.hh | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh b/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh
index 115d0ae2..fcc450d0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh
+++ b/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh
@@ -425,6 +425,19 @@ to_string(const T& val)
 
 	return sstr.str();
 }
+/**
+ * Convert to std::string to a std::string_view
+ * Careful with the lifetimes!
+ *
+ * @param s a string
+ *
+ * @return a string_view
+ */
+static inline std::string_view
+to_string_view(const std::string& s)
+{
+	return std::string_view{s.data(), s.size()};
+}
 
 /**
  * Consume a gchar and return a std::string