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// AppStrings.h
#include <tchar.h>

// globally accessible const string ids
enum e_ID { ID_THIS, ID_THAT, ID_OTHER /*, etc...*/};

namespace App 
{
const TCHAR* String(e_ID i);
}

// AppStrings.cpp

#include <AppStrings.h>
#include <map>

#define ID_STRING(id, str) std::make_pair(id , _T(str))

namespace App {

typedef std::pair<e_ID, const TCHAR*> IdStr;

const IdStr IdStrings[] = {
	ID_STRING(ID_THIS, "This"),
	ID_STRING(ID_THAT, "That"),
	ID_STRING(ID_OTHER, "Other"),
	/*etc...*/};

const std::map<e_ID, const TCHAR*> StringMap(IdStrings, IdStrings + sizeof IdStrings / sizeof IdStr);

const TCHAR* String(e_ID i)
{
	//const auto it = StringMap.find(i);
	const std::map<e_ID, const TCHAR*>::const_iterator it = StringMap.find(i);
	return it == StringMap.end() ? NULL : it->second;
}

} // namespace App

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