4 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp b/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp
index d5d19dc..95cf606 100644
--- a/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp
+++ b/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ DB::DB(const string & path) {
 	this->db = {db, [](libdb::DB * db) { db->close(db, 0); }};
 
 	// load or create database file
-	ret = this->db->open(this->db.get(), NULL, path.c_str(), NULL, libdb::DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE,
-						 0);
+	const char * file = path.empty() ? NULL : path.c_str();
+	ret = this->db->open(this->db.get(), NULL, file, NULL, libdb::DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0);
 	if (ret != 0) throw runtime_error(format("db->open: {}", libdb::db_strerror(ret)));
 
 	// create cursor
diff --git a/src/crepe/facade/DB.h b/src/crepe/facade/DB.h
index 629b0eb..115c0f1 100644
--- a/src/crepe/facade/DB.h
+++ b/src/crepe/facade/DB.h
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ class DB {
 public:
 	/**
 	 * \param path  The path of the database (created if nonexistant)
+	 *
+	 * \note If \p path is empty, the database is entirely in-memory
 	 */
-	DB(const std::string & path);
+	DB(const std::string & path = "");
 	virtual ~DB() = default;
 
 public:
diff --git a/src/crepe/util/Proxy.h b/src/crepe/util/Proxy.h
index b34f7c6..789144a 100644
--- a/src/crepe/util/Proxy.h
+++ b/src/crepe/util/Proxy.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ template <typename T>
 class Proxy {
 public:
 	//! Set operator
+	Proxy & operator=(Proxy &);
+	//! Set operator
 	Proxy & operator=(const T &);
 	//! Get operator
 	operator const T &();
diff --git a/src/crepe/util/Proxy.hpp b/src/crepe/util/Proxy.hpp
index b9923db..ef2b69f 100644
--- a/src/crepe/util/Proxy.hpp
+++ b/src/crepe/util/Proxy.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ Proxy<T> & Proxy<T>::operator=(const T & val) {
 }
 
 template <typename T>
+Proxy<T> & Proxy<T>::operator=(Proxy & proxy) {
+	this->broker.set(T(proxy));
+	return *this;
+}
+
+template <typename T>
 Proxy<T>::operator const T &() {
 	return this->broker.get();
 }