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game/shared/gamestringpool.h

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+//========= Copyright Valve Corporation, All rights reserved. ============//
+//
+// Purpose: Pool of all per-level strings. Allocates memory for strings, 
+//			consolodating duplicates. The memory is freed on behalf of clients
+//			at level transition. Strings are of type string_t.
+//
+// $NoKeywords: $
+//=============================================================================//
+
+#ifndef GAMESTRINGPOOL_H
+#define GAMESTRINGPOOL_H
+
+#if defined( _WIN32 )
+#pragma once
+#endif
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// String allocation
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+string_t AllocPooledString( const char *pszValue );
+string_t AllocPooledString_StaticConstantStringPointer( const char *pszGlobalConstValue );
+string_t FindPooledString( const char *pszValue );
+
+#define AssertIsValidString( s )	AssertMsg( s == NULL_STRING || s == FindPooledString( STRING(s) ), "Invalid string " #s );
+		 
+#ifndef GC
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// String system accessor
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class IGameSystem;
+
+IGameSystem *GameStringSystem();
+#endif // #ifndef GC
+
+#endif // GAMESTRINGPOOL_H