Index: iterator_range.cpp
===================================================================
--- iterator_range.cpp	(revision 39717)
+++ iterator_range.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
+#include <boost/range/as_literal.hpp>
 
 using namespace boost;
 using namespace std;
@@ -79,12 +80,12 @@
     BOOST_CHECK( rr.equal( r ) );
 
     rr  = make_iterator_range( str.begin(), str.begin() + 5 );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rr == "hello" );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rr != "hell" );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rr < "hello dude" );
-    BOOST_CHECK( "hello" == rr );
-    BOOST_CHECK( "hell"  != rr );
-    BOOST_CHECK( ! ("hello dude" < rr ) );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rr == as_literal("hello") );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rr != as_literal("hell") );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rr < as_literal("hello dude") );
+    BOOST_CHECK( as_literal("hello") == rr );
+    BOOST_CHECK( as_literal("hell")  != rr );
+    BOOST_CHECK( ! (as_literal("hello dude") < rr ) );
     irange rrr = rr;
     BOOST_CHECK( rrr == rr );
     BOOST_CHECK( !( rrr != rr ) );
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( cr[1], 'e' );
 
     rrr = make_iterator_range( str, 1, -1 );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rrr == "ello worl" );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rrr == as_literal("ello worl") );
     rrr = make_iterator_range( rrr, -1, 1 );
     BOOST_CHECK( rrr == str );
 
Index: sub_range.cpp
===================================================================
--- sub_range.cpp	(revision 39717)
+++ sub_range.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <boost/range/as_literal.hpp>
 
 using namespace boost;
 using namespace std;
@@ -110,12 +111,12 @@
     BOOST_CHECK( rr.equal( r ) );
 
     rr  = make_iterator_range( str.begin(), str.begin() + 5 );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rr == "hello" );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rr != "hell" );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rr < "hello dude" );
-    BOOST_CHECK( "hello" == rr );
-    BOOST_CHECK( "hell"  != rr );
-    BOOST_CHECK( ! ("hello dude" < rr ) );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rr == as_literal("hello") );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rr != as_literal("hell") );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rr < as_literal("hello dude") );
+    BOOST_CHECK( as_literal("hello") == rr );
+    BOOST_CHECK( as_literal("hell")  != rr );
+    BOOST_CHECK( ! (as_literal("hello dude") < rr ) );
     
     irange rrr = rr;
     BOOST_CHECK( rrr == rr );
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( cr[1], 'e' );
 
     rrr = make_iterator_range( str, 1, -1 );
-    BOOST_CHECK( rrr == "ello worl" );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rrr == as_literal("ello worl") );
     rrr = make_iterator_range( rrr, -1, 1 );
     BOOST_CHECK( rrr == str );
     rrr.front() = 'H';
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
     rrr.front() = 'H';
     rrr.back()  = 'D';
     rrr[1]      = 'E';
-    BOOST_CHECK( rrr == "HEllo worlD" );
+    BOOST_CHECK( rrr == as_literal("HEllo worlD") );
 }   
 
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>