1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 022d508..6030f38 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 use libc;
 use std::{ffi, str};
-
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use supercow::{Supercow, DefaultFeatures/*, NonSyncFeatures*/};
 use supercow::ext::{BoxedStorage};
 
 pub trait ToStr {
     fn to_str<'a>(&self) -> Result<&'a str, str::Utf8Error>;
+
+    fn to_str_unchecked<'a>(&self) -> &'a str;
+
+    fn to_string_lossy<'a>(&self) -> Cow<'a, str>;
 }
 
 impl ToStr for *const libc::c_char {
     fn to_str<'a>(&self) -> Result<&'a str, str::Utf8Error> {
         str::from_utf8(unsafe { ffi::CStr::from_ptr(*self) }.to_bytes())
     }
+
+    fn to_str_unchecked<'a>(&self) -> &'a str {
+        unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(ffi::CStr::from_ptr(*self).to_bytes()) }
+    }
+
+    fn to_string_lossy<'a>(&self) -> Cow<'a, str> {
+        unsafe { ffi::CStr::from_ptr(*self) }.to_string_lossy()
+    }
 }
 
 pub trait ToString {