@@ -284,10 +284,27 @@
 	[self replaceCharactersInRange: of_range(index, 1)
 			    withString: string];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 }
+
+- (void)appendString: (OFString*)string
+{
+	return [self insertString: string
+			  atIndex: [self length]];
+}
+
+- (void)appendCharacters: (of_unichar_t*)characters
+		  length: (size_t)length
+{
+	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
+
+	return [self appendString: [OFString stringWithCharacters: characters
+							   length: length]];
+
+	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
+}
 
 - (void)appendUTF8String: (const char*)UTF8String
 {
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
 
@@ -329,16 +346,10 @@
 						 length: cStringLength]];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 }
 
-- (void)appendString: (OFString*)string
-{
-	return [self insertString: string
-			  atIndex: [self length]];
-}
-
 - (void)appendFormat: (OFConstantString*)format, ...
 {
 	va_list arguments;
 
 	va_start(arguments, format);