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+// TODO fix https://github.com/andrewrk/zig/issues/140
+// and then make this able to run at compile time
+#static_eval_enable(false)
+pub fn len(ptr: &const u8) -> isize {
+    var count: isize = 0;
+    while (ptr[count] != 0; count += 1) {}
+    return count;
+}
+
+// TODO fix https://github.com/andrewrk/zig/issues/140
+// and then make this able to run at compile time
+#static_eval_enable(false)
+pub fn cmp(a: &const u8, b: &const u8) -> i32 {
+    var index: isize = 0;
+    while (a[index] == b[index] && a[index] != 0; index += 1) {}
+    return a[index] - b[index];
+}
+
+pub fn to_slice_const(str: &const u8) -> []const u8 {
+    return str[0...len(str)];
+}
+
+pub fn to_slice(str: &u8) -> []u8 {
+    return str[0...len(str)];
+}
+