--- parser3/src/main/pa_string.C	2015/10/06 22:20:50	1.249
+++ parser3/src/main/pa_string.C	2015/10/09 16:03:28	1.252
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 #include "pa_charset.h"
 #include "pa_vregex.h"
 
-volatile const char * IDENT_PA_STRING_C="$Id: pa_string.C,v 1.249 2015/10/06 22:20:50 moko Exp $" IDENT_PA_STRING_H;
+#ifndef ULLONG_MAX
+#define ULLONG_MAX 18446744073709551615ULL
+#endif
+
+volatile const char * IDENT_PA_STRING_C="$Id: pa_string.C,v 1.252 2015/10/09 16:03:28 moko Exp $" IDENT_PA_STRING_H;
 
 const String String::Empty;
 
@@ -367,7 +371,7 @@ uint String::Body::get_hash_code() const
 	uint hash_code=0;
 #endif
 	if (body && CORD_IS_STRING(body)){
-		generic_hash_code(hash_code, body);
+		generic_hash_code(hash_code, (const char *)body);
 	} else {
 		CORD_iter5(body, 0,
 			CORD_batched_iter_fn_generic_hash_code, 
@@ -910,10 +914,7 @@ bool String::deserialize(size_t prolog_s
 	if(cur[body_length] != 0) // in place?
 		return false;
 	// 3: letters
-	body=String::Body(*cur?cur:0);
-#ifdef STRING_LENGTH_CACHING
-	body.set_length(body_length);
-#endif
+	body=String::Body(String::C(cur, body_length));
 	cur+=body_length+1;
 	in_buf-=body_length+1;