what is the cleanest way to concat a const char * with a string in c++?

Question

I am aware that I can use a stringstream but I am hoping that there is a simpler way to write "hello" + a_std_string_object .

Answer 1

If you have an old/broken compiler it might require

string("hello") + std_string_object

but in modern compilers the natural code

"hello" + std_string_object

should work.