# deprecated cimport for backwards compatibility:

from libc.string cimport const_char

cdef extern from "<string>" namespace "std" nogil:

size_t npos = -1

cdef cppclass string:

string() except +

string(char *) except +

string(char *, size_t) except +

string(string&) except +

# as a string formed by a repetition of character c, n times.

string(size_t, char) except +

const char* c_str()

const char* data()

size_t size()

size_t max_size()

size_t length()

void resize(size_t)

void resize(size_t, char c)

size_t capacity()

void reserve(size_t)

void clear()

bint empty()

char& at(size_t)

char& operator[](size_t)

int compare(string&)

string& append(string&)

string& append(string&, size_t, size_t)

string& append(char *)

string& append(char *, size_t)

string& append(size_t, char)

void push_back(char c)

string& assign (string&)

string& assign (string&, size_t, size_t)

string& assign (char *, size_t)

string& assign (char *)

string& assign (size_t n, char c)

string& insert(size_t, string&)

string& insert(size_t, string&, size_t, size_t)

string& insert(size_t, char* s, size_t)

string& insert(size_t, char* s)

string& insert(size_t, size_t, char c)

size_t copy(char *, size_t, size_t)

size_t find(string&)

size_t find(string&, size_t)

size_t find(char*, size_t pos, size_t)

size_t find(char*, size_t pos)

size_t find(char, size_t pos)

size_t rfind(string&, size_t)

size_t rfind(char* s, size_t, size_t)

size_t rfind(char*, size_t pos)

size_t rfind(char c, size_t)

size_t rfind(char c)

size_t find_first_of(string&, size_t)

size_t find_first_of(char* s, size_t, size_t)

size_t find_first_of(char*, size_t pos)

size_t find_first_of(char c, size_t)

size_t find_first_of(char c)

size_t find_first_not_of(string&, size_t)

size_t find_first_not_of(char* s, size_t, size_t)

size_t find_first_not_of(char*, size_t pos)

size_t find_first_not_of(char c, size_t)

size_t find_first_not_of(char c)

size_t find_last_of(string&, size_t)

size_t find_last_of(char* s, size_t, size_t)

size_t find_last_of(char*, size_t pos)

size_t find_last_of(char c, size_t)

size_t find_last_of(char c)

size_t find_last_not_of(string&, size_t)

size_t find_last_not_of(char* s, size_t, size_t)

size_t find_last_not_of(char*, size_t pos)

string substr(size_t, size_t)

string substr()

string substr(size_t)

size_t find_last_not_of(char c, size_t)

size_t find_last_not_of(char c)

#string& operator= (string&)

#string& operator= (char*)

#string& operator= (char)

string operator+ (string& rhs)

string operator+ (char* rhs)

bint operator==(string&)

bint operator==(char*)

bint operator!= (string& rhs )

bint operator!= (char* )

bint operator< (string&)

bint operator< (char*)

bint operator> (string&)

bint operator> (char*)

bint operator<= (string&)

bint operator<= (char*)

bint operator>= (string&)

bint operator>= (char*)