diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 0cfe4223..2b7e7930 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
         bool is_match(const std::size_t t_group, const std::string &t_str) const noexcept {
           auto match = [&t_str](const auto &array) {
-            return std::any_of(array.begin(), array.end(), [&t_str](const auto &v){ return v.c_str() == t_str; });
+            return std::any_of(array.begin(), array.end(), [&t_str](const auto &v){ return v == t_str; });
           };
 
           switch (t_group) {
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/utility/static_string.hpp b/include/chaiscript/utility/static_string.hpp
index fb63f28e..09935fe6 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/utility/static_string.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/utility/static_string.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ namespace chaiscript
         return data;
       }
 
+      constexpr const char *begin() const noexcept {
+        return data;
+      }
+
+      constexpr const char *end() const noexcept {
+        return data + m_size;
+      }
+
+      bool operator==(const std::string &t_str) const noexcept {
+        return std::equal(begin(), end(), std::cbegin(t_str), std::cend(t_str));
+      }
+
       const size_t m_size;
       const char *data = nullptr;
     };