main.cpp

#include <cstdio>

using namespace Platform;

void doTheThing(const wchar_t* string)
{
    printf("%ws\n", string);
}

template <typename T>
void CatTheThing(Platform::String^ str1, T str2)
{
	auto str = ref new Platform::String(str2);
	CatTheThing(str1, str);
}

template <typename T>
void CatTheThing(T str1, Platform::String^ str2)
{
	auto str = ref new Platform::String(str1);
	CatTheThing(str, str2);
}

void CatTheThing(Platform::String^ str1, Platform::String^ str2)
{
	doTheThing(Platform::String::Concat(str1, str2)->Data());
}

int main()
{
	// two string literals, implicit conversion to Platform::String^
	CatTheThing(L"This", L"That");

	// 1 string literal, 1 Platform::String^
	auto str = L"this string though";
	auto str2 = ref new Platform::String(L"This other one");
	CatTheThing(str, str2);

	// 1 string literal, 1 Platform::String^, reversed
	CatTheThing(str, L"other");
	auto str3 = ref new Platform::String(L"Nuther one");

	// 2 Platform::String^
	CatTheThing(str2, str3);
}