diff --git a/parse/value.hpp b/parse/value.hpp
index 2c66e118..e59af2b1 100644
--- a/parse/value.hpp
+++ b/parse/value.hpp
@@ -58,4 +58,13 @@ namespace cruft::parse {
     {
         return from_string<T> (cruft::view (data));
     }
+
+
+    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    template <typename T>
+    T
+    from_string (std::string_view data)
+    {
+        return from_string<T> (cruft::view (data));
+    }
 }