Fix conflicting overload of operator[]

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/value.h b/include/value.h
index 5076bb4ed5..c029e1ecad 100644
--- a/include/value.h
+++ b/include/value.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public:
      * @sa tag_compound::operator[]
      */
     value& operator[](const std::string& key);
+    value& operator[](const char* key); //need this overload because of conflict with built-in operator[]
 
     std::unique_ptr<tag>& get_ptr();
     const std::unique_ptr<tag>& get_ptr() const;
diff --git a/src/value.cpp b/src/value.cpp
index c1a7a91e2b..bf75b8931b 100644
--- a/src/value.cpp
+++ b/src/value.cpp
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ value& value::operator[](const std::string& key)
     return dynamic_cast<tag_compound&>(*tag_)[key];
 }
 
+value& value::operator[](const char* key)
+{
+    return (*this)[std::string(key)];
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<tag>& value::get_ptr()
 {
     return tag_;