Recognize char pointers as strings

statement.append("literal") was creating a symbol value, which was not
following the principle of least surprise.

diff --git a/source/type.h b/source/type.h
index 58766289bc172a0e214917c961452976fac5645e..85cfec40f2afc9aa79f38d646baf64dea473cd0a 100644 (file)
--- a/source/type.h
+++ b/source/type.h
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ struct TypeInfo<bool, false>: BoolType { };
 template<>
 struct TypeInfo<std::string, false>: StringType { };
 
+template<>
+struct TypeInfo<char *, false>: StringType { };
+
+template<>
+struct TypeInfo<const char *, false>: StringType { };
+
 template<typename T>
 struct TypeInfo<const T, false>: TypeInfo<T> { };