2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/source/core/hash.h b/source/core/hash.h
index 26450029d..ca6172fc7 100644
--- a/source/core/hash.h
+++ b/source/core/hash.h
@@ -34,7 +34,16 @@ namespace Slang
 	{
 		return GetHashCode(const_cast<const char *>(buffer));
 	}
-
+    inline int GetHashCode(const char * buffer, size_t numChars)
+    {
+        int hash = 0;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < numChars; ++i)
+        {      
+            hash = int(buffer[i]) + (hash << 6) + (hash << 16) - hash;
+        }
+        return hash;
+    }
+    
 	template<int IsInt>
 	class Hash
 	{
diff --git a/source/core/slang-string.h b/source/core/slang-string.h
index 2609b37ab..df1055795 100644
--- a/source/core/slang-string.h
+++ b/source/core/slang-string.h
@@ -717,6 +717,11 @@ namespace Slang
 		{
 			return Slang::GetHashCode((const char*)begin());
 		}
+
+        UnownedStringSlice getUnownedSlice() const
+        {
+            return StringRepresentation::asSlice(buffer);
+        }
 	};
 
 	class StringBuilder : public String