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+/* Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+   file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.  */
+#ifndef cm_static_string_view_hxx
+#define cm_static_string_view_hxx
+
+#include "cmConfigure.h" // IWYU pragma: keep
+
+#include "cm_string_view.hxx"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+namespace cm {
+
+/** A string_view that only binds to static storage.
+ *
+ * This is used together with the `""_s` user-defined literal operator
+ * to construct a type-safe abstraction of a string_view that only views
+ * statically allocated strings.  These strings are const and available
+ * for the entire lifetime of the program.
+ */
+class static_string_view : public string_view
+{
+  static_string_view(string_view v)
+    : string_view(v)
+  {
+  }
+
+  friend static_string_view operator"" _s(const char* data, size_t size);
+};
+
+/** Create a static_string_view using `""_s` literal syntax.  */
+inline static_string_view operator"" _s(const char* data, size_t size)
+{
+  return string_view(data, size);
+}
+
+} // namespace cm
+
+using cm::operator"" _s;
+
+#endif