--- a/cbackend.rhope	Fri Jun 18 15:07:09 2010 -0400
+++ b/cbackend.rhope	Fri Jun 18 17:00:50 2010 -0400
@@ -1090,9 +1090,9 @@
 			{
 				If[value]
 				{
-					out <- [text]Append[[["\t_const_"]Append[Escape Rhope Name[name]]]Append[" = (object *)val_yes;\n"]]
+					out <- [text]Append[[["\t_const_"]Append[Escape Rhope Name[name]]]Append[" = make_Bool(1);\n"]]
 				}{
-					out <- [text]Append[[["\t_const_"]Append[Escape Rhope Name[name]]]Append[" = (object *)val_no;\n"]]
+					out <- [text]Append[[["\t_const_"]Append[Escape Rhope Name[name]]]Append[" = make_Bool(0);\n"]]
 				}
 			}{
 				If[[valtype] = ["Machine Integer"]]

--- a/runtime/builtin.c	Fri Jun 18 15:07:09 2010 -0400
+++ b/runtime/builtin.c	Fri Jun 18 17:00:50 2010 -0400
@@ -110,4 +110,10 @@
 	return params[0];
 }
 
+object * make_Bool(int32_t val)
+{
+	t_Boolean * b = (t_Boolean *)new_object(TYPE_BOOLEAN);
+	b->Val = val != 0;
+	return (object*)b;
+}
 

--- a/string.rhope	Fri Jun 18 15:07:09 2010 -0400
+++ b/string.rhope	Fri Jun 18 17:00:50 2010 -0400
@@ -153,6 +153,37 @@
 	right <- String Slice[string, slicepoint, [[string]Length >>]-[slicepoint]]
 }
 
+Byte@String[string,index:out,invalid]
+{
+	out,invalid <- [[string]Buffer >>]Index[index]
+}
+
+Length@String[string:out]
+{
+	out <- [string]Length >>
+}
+
+_=String[left,right,index:out]
+{
+	[left]Byte[index]
+	{
+		,out <- If[[~]=[[right]Byte[index]]]
+		{
+			out <- _=String[left,right,[index]+[1]]
+		}
+	}{
+		out <- Yes
+	}
+}
+
+=@String[left,right:out]
+{
+	,out <- If[[[left]Length] = [[right]Length]] 
+	{
+		out <- _=String[left,right,0]
+	}
+}
+
 Blueprint String Slice
 {
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