avoid multiple copies of insertion operator

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.cpp b/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.cpp
index b178bb9e569..4fe71df1435 100644
--- a/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.cpp
+++ b/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.cpp
@@ -41,4 +41,8 @@ SimpleBuffer::commit(size_t bytes)
     return *this;
 }
 
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const SimpleBuffer &buf) {
+    return os << buf.get();
+}
+
 } // namespace vespalib
diff --git a/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.h b/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.h
index 5cb2a0f1ad1..3f0d5f975de 100644
--- a/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.h
+++ b/vespalib/src/vespa/vespalib/data/simple_buffer.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ public:
     bool operator==(const SimpleBuffer &rhs) const { return (get() == rhs.get()); }
 };
 
-std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const SimpleBuffer &buf) {
-    return os << buf.get();
-}
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const SimpleBuffer &buf);
 
 } // namespace vespalib