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+#ifndef SLANG_STRING_SLICE_POOL_H
+#define SLANG_STRING_SLICE_POOL_H
+
+#include "slang-string.h"
+
+#include "list.h"
+#include "slang-memory-arena.h"
+#include "dictionary.h"
+
+namespace Slang {
+
+class StringSlicePool
+{
+public:
+    /// Handle of 0 is null. If accessed will be returned as the empty string
+    enum class Handle : uint32_t;
+    typedef UnownedStringSlice Slice;
+
+        /// Returns the index of a slice, if contained, or -1 if not found
+    int findIndex(const Slice& slice) const;
+
+        /// True if has the slice
+    bool has(const Slice& slice) { return findIndex(slice) >= 0; }
+        /// Add a slice 
+    Handle add(const Slice& slice);
+
+        /// Empty contents
+    void clear();
+
+        /// Get the slice from the handle
+    const UnownedStringSlice& getSlice(Handle handle) const { return m_slices[UInt(handle)]; }
+
+        /// Get all the slices
+    const List<UnownedStringSlice>& getSlices() const { return m_slices; }
+
+        /// Convert a handle to and index. (A handle is just an index!) 
+    static int asIndex(Handle handle) { return int(handle); }
+
+        /// Ctor
+    StringSlicePool();
+
+protected:
+    List<UnownedStringSlice> m_slices;
+    Dictionary<UnownedStringSlice, int> m_map;
+    MemoryArena m_arena;
+};
+
+} // namespace Slang
+
+#endif // SLANG_STRING_SLICE_POOL_H