1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/zen/zstring.h b/zen/zstring.h
index 792b92db..902da80e 100644
--- a/zen/zstring.h
+++ b/zen/zstring.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 //"The reason for all the fuss above" - Loki/SmartPtr
 //a high-performance string for interfacing with native OS APIs in multithreaded contexts
-using Zstring = zen::Zbase<Zchar, zen::StorageRefCountThreadSafe, zen::AllocatorOptimalSpeed>;
+using Zstring = zen::Zbase<Zchar>;
 
 
 int cmpStringNoCase(const wchar_t* lhs, size_t lhsLen, const wchar_t* rhs, size_t rhsLen);
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ bool pathEndsWith(const S& str, const T& postfix)
 }
 
 
+template <class S, class T, class U>
+S pathReplaceCpy(const S& str, const T& oldTerm, const U& newTerm, bool replaceAll = true);
+
 
 
 
@@ -195,6 +198,41 @@ int cmpFilePath(const char* lhs, size_t lhsLen, const char* rhs, size_t rhsLen)
 #endif
 
 
+template <class S, class T, class U> inline
+S pathReplaceCpy(const S& str, const T& oldTerm, const U& newTerm, bool replaceAll)
+{
+    assert(!contains(str, Zchar('\0')));
+
+#if defined ZEN_WIN || defined ZEN_MAC
+    using namespace zen;
+
+    S strU     = makeUpperCopy(str); //S required to be a string class
+    S oldTermU = makeUpperCopy<S>(oldTerm); //[!] T not required to be a string class
+    assert(strLength(strU    ) == strLength(str    ));
+    assert(strLength(oldTermU) == strLength(oldTerm));
+
+    replace(strU, oldTermU, Zchar('\0'), replaceAll);
+
+    S output;
+
+    size_t i = 0;
+    for (auto c : strU)
+        if (c == Zchar('\0'))
+        {
+            output += newTerm;
+            i += oldTermU.size();
+        }
+        else
+            output += str[i++];
+
+    return output;
+
+#elif defined ZEN_LINUX
+    return replaceCpy(str, oldTerm, newTerm, replaceAll);
+#endif
+}
+
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //ZEN macro consistency checks:
 #ifdef ZEN_WIN