From 3d3055909cf83250e2b610b84956fc444079d68f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vitaliy <agri@akamo.info>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:09:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] define global operator< for const char* and alt_string

---
 test/src/unit-alt-string.cpp | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/src/unit-alt-string.cpp b/test/src/unit-alt-string.cpp
index 4fe7123d..8f1a64b0 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-alt-string.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-alt-string.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ class alt_string
     }
 
     template <typename op_type>
-    bool operator<(op_type&& op) const
+    typename std::enable_if< // disable for alt_string
+                !std::is_same<  alt_string,
+                                typename std::remove_reference<op_type>::type
+                             >::value,
+                bool>::type
+    operator<(op_type&& op) const
     {
         return str_impl < op;
     }
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ class alt_string
 
   private:
     std::string str_impl;
+
+    friend bool ::operator<(const char*, const alt_string&);
 };
 
 
@@ -168,6 +175,11 @@ using alt_json = nlohmann::basic_json <
                  nlohmann::adl_serializer >;
 
 
+bool operator<(const char* op1, const alt_string& op2) {
+    return op1 < op2.str_impl;
+}
+
+
 
 TEST_CASE("alternative string type")
 {