1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/fstring.h b/src/fstring.h
index 877e5a7..f738f63 100644
--- a/src/fstring.h
+++ b/src/fstring.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace Bu
          * data is actually copied.  This also means that you never need to put any
          * FBasicString into a ref-counting container class.
          */
-        template< typename chr, typename chralloc=std::allocator<chr>, typename chunkalloc=std::allocator<struct FStringChunk<chr> > >
+        template< typename chr, int nMinSize=256, typename chralloc=std::allocator<chr>, typename chunkalloc=std::allocator<struct FStringChunk<chr> > >
         class FBasicString : public Archival
         {
 #ifndef VALTEST
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Bu
 #endif
         private:
                 typedef struct FStringChunk<chr> Chunk;
-                typedef struct FBasicString<chr, chralloc, chunkalloc> MyType;
+                typedef struct FBasicString<chr, nMinSize, chralloc, chunkalloc> MyType;
 
         public:
                 FBasicString() :
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ namespace Bu
                         appendChunk( pNew );
                 }
 
+                void append( const chr cData )
+                {
+                        append( &cData, 1 );
+                }
+
                 void prepend( const chr *pData )
                 {
                         long nLen;
@@ -231,8 +236,7 @@ namespace Bu
 
                 MyType &operator +=( const chr pData )
                 {
-                        chr tmp[2] = { pData, (chr)0 };
-                        append( tmp );
+                        append( &pData, 1 );
 
                         return (*this);
                 }
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ namespace Bu
                         }
                 }
                 
-                void copyFrom( const FBasicString<chr, chralloc, chunkalloc> &rSrc )
+                void copyFrom( const FBasicString<chr, nMinSize, chralloc, chunkalloc> &rSrc )
                 {
                         if( rSrc.pFirst == NULL )
                                 return;