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diff --git a/src/lyxlength.h b/src/lyxlength.h
index 01b6d3286f..1fc9e6f79c 100644
--- a/src/lyxlength.h
+++ b/src/lyxlength.h
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@
 #ifndef LYX_LENGTH_H
 #define LYX_LENGTH_H
 
-#include "support/std_string.h"
+#include "support/docstring.h"
+
+
+namespace lyx {
+
+// Solaris/x86 version 9 and earlier define these
+#undef PC
+#undef SP
+
 
 /**
  * LyXLength - Represents latex length measurement
@@ -51,7 +59,13 @@ public:
 	LyXLength(double v, LyXLength::UNIT u);
 
 	/// "data" must be a decimal number, followed by a unit
-	explicit LyXLength(string const & data);
+	explicit LyXLength(std::string const & data);
+
+	void swap(LyXLength & rhs)
+	{
+		std::swap(val_, rhs.val_);
+		std::swap(unit_, rhs.unit_);
+	}
 
 	///
 	double value() const;
@@ -66,15 +80,17 @@ public:
 	///
 	bool empty() const;
 	/// return string representation
-	string const asString() const;
+	std::string const asString() const;
+	/// return string representation
+	docstring const asDocstring() const;
 	/// return string representation for LaTeX
-	string const asLatexString() const;
+	std::string const asLatexString() const;
 	/// return the on-screen size of this length
 	int inPixels(int text_width, int em_width = 0) const;
 	/// return the on-screen size of this length of an image
 	int inBP() const;
 
-	friend bool isValidLength(string const & data, LyXLength * result);
+	friend bool isValidLength(std::string const & data, LyXLength * result);
 
 private:
 	///
@@ -87,10 +103,21 @@ private:
 bool operator==(LyXLength const & l1, LyXLength const & l2);
 ///
 bool operator!=(LyXLength const & l1, LyXLength const & l2);
-/** If "data" is valid, the length represented by it is
-    stored into "result", if that is not 0. */
-bool isValidLength(string const & data, LyXLength * result = 0);
-/// return the name of the given unit number
+/** Test whether \p data represents a valid length.
+ * 
+ * \returns whether \p data is a valid length
+ * \param data Length in LyX format. Since the only difference between LyX
+ * and LaTeX format is the representation of length variables as units (e.g.
+ * \c text% vs. \c \\textwidth) you can actually use this function as well
+ * for testing LaTeX lengths as long as they only contain real units like pt.
+ * \param result Pointer to a LyXLength variable. If \p result is not 0 and
+ * \p data is valid, the length represented by it is stored into \p result.
+ */
+bool isValidLength(std::string const & data, LyXLength * result = 0);
+/// return the LyX name of the given unit number
 char const * stringFromUnit(int unit);
 
+
+} // namespace lyx
+
 #endif // LYXLENGTH_H