From 2bff2f8b2fa531e3c617cfa4c2cef239f7e904c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew <matthew@sleepy.day>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 17:01:04 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] add string util

---
 util.d | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/util.d b/util.d
index 98dad20..d4fe828 100644
--- a/util.d
+++ b/util.d
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import std.traits;
 import core.stdc.string : memset;
 import core.simd;
 
+enum bool StringType(T)     = (is(T: string) || is(T: u8[]) || is(T: char[]));
+
 pragma(inline) void
 Int3()
 {
@@ -113,6 +115,26 @@ Errf(Args...)(string fmt, Args args)
 	Logf!("ERROR", Args)(fmt, args);
 }
 
+static string
+AssignStr(T, alias param)() if(StringType!(T))
+{
+	import std.format : format;
+
+	enum string id = __traits(identifier, p);
+	string result  = "";
+	static if(is(T == string))
+	{
+		result = id;
+	}
+	else static if(StringType!(T))
+	{
+		result = format("Str(%s)", id);
+	}
+	else static assert(false, "Unknown type for AssignItem");
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 string
 Scratchf(Args...)(string fmt, Args args)
 {