+#ifdef BUILDING_LIBMEMCACHED
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#define memcached_string_with_size(X) (X), (static_cast<size_t>((sizeof(X) - 1)))
+#define memcached_string_make(X) (static_cast<size_t>((sizeof(X) - 1))), (X)
+#else
+#define memcached_string_with_size(X) (X), ((size_t)((sizeof(X) - 1)))
+#define memcached_string_make(X) (((size_t)((sizeof(X) - 1))), (X)
+#endif
+
+#define memcached_string_make_from_cstr(X) (X), ((X) ? strlen(X) : 0)
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __LIBMEMCACHED_STRING_H__ */