diff --git a/src/functions.h b/src/functions.h
index 2bcb3c0..15a3805 100755
--- a/src/functions.h
+++ b/src/functions.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
 	void Insert(const wchar_t * key,      UserFunction ufunction);
 	void Insert(const std::wstring & key, UserFunction ufunction);
 
-	typename Iterator Find(const std::wstring & key);
+	Iterator Find(const std::wstring & key);
 
 	Iterator Begin();
 	Iterator End();
diff --git a/src/generator.h b/src/generator.h
index fd951a2..bb781d7 100755
--- a/src/generator.h
+++ b/src/generator.h
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ private:
 	CharType ToLower(CharType c);
 
 	bool AreStreamsEqual(StreamType & str1, StreamType & str2);
-	const std::wstring & GetStringFromStream(StreamType & str);
 
 	bool FindInCache(const Item::Function & item_fun,
 					 typename Functions<StreamType>::UserFunction ** function,
@@ -568,18 +567,6 @@ bool Generator<StreamType>::AreStreamsEqual(StreamType & str1, StreamType & str2
 }
 
 
-template<class StreamType>
-const std::wstring & Generator<StreamType>::GetStringFromStream(StreamType & stream)
-{
-	#ifdef EZC_HAS_SPECIAL_STREAM
-		const std::wstring & str = stream.Str();
-	#else
-		const std::wstring & str = stream.str();
-	#endif
-
-return str;
-}
-
 
 template<class StreamType>
 void Generator<StreamType>::SetMax(size_t max_items_, size_t max_for_items_)
@@ -767,7 +754,7 @@ bool Generator<StreamType>::FindInFunctionsAndBlocks(const std::wstring & name,
 {
 	if( pfunctions )
 	{
-		Functions<StreamType>::Iterator i = pfunctions->Find(name);
+		typename Functions<StreamType>::Iterator i = pfunctions->Find(name);
 
 		if( i != pfunctions->End() )
 		{
@@ -911,7 +898,13 @@ bool Generator<StreamType>::CallBlock(Item & item_block,
 
 	MakeText(item_block);
 
-	const std::wstring & str = GetStringFromStream(*output_stream);
+	#ifdef EZC_HAS_SPECIAL_STREAM
+		const std::wstring & str = output_stream->Str();
+	#else
+		const std::wstring & str = output_stream->str();
+	#endif
+
+
 	out_stream << str;
 	last_res = !str.empty();
 
@@ -949,7 +942,13 @@ std::wstring * variable;
 			Call(fun_child, local_temp_stream, true, empty_stream);
 
 			if( fun || item_block )
-				fun_child.par = GetStringFromStream(local_temp_stream);
+			{
+				#ifdef EZC_HAS_SPECIAL_STREAM
+					fun_child.par = local_temp_stream.Str();
+				#else
+					fun_child.par = local_temp_stream.str();
+				#endif
+			}
 
 			// the stream has to be cleared when we finished
 			ClearStream(local_temp_stream);
@@ -1178,7 +1177,12 @@ return res;
 template<class StreamType>
 void Generator<StreamType>::WriteTmpStreamToStreams()
 {
-	const std::wstring & str = GetStringFromStream(output_tmp_stream);
+	#ifdef EZC_HAS_SPECIAL_STREAM
+		const std::wstring & str = output_tmp_stream.Str();
+	#else
+		const std::wstring & str = output_tmp_stream.str();
+	#endif
+
 
 	if( !str.empty() )
 	{
@@ -1590,7 +1594,12 @@ void Generator<StreamType>::MakeTextDefine(Item & item)
 			// it is [def name [function]]
 			if( Call(*item.functions[0].parameters[0], stream_temp_define, true, empty_stream) )
 			{
-				const std::wstring & str = GetStringFromStream(stream_temp_define);
+				#ifdef EZC_HAS_SPECIAL_STREAM
+					const std::wstring & str = stream_temp_define.Str();
+				#else
+					const std::wstring & str = stream_temp_define.str();
+				#endif
+
 				pvars->Insert(item.functions[0].name, Vars::variable_string, str);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/item.h b/src/item.h
index f68b829..18d7f4a 100755
--- a/src/item.h
+++ b/src/item.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void Item::CacheFunctions(Functions<StreamType> & fun)
 	{
 		for(size_t f=0; f < functions.size() ; ++f)
 		{
-			Functions<StreamType>::Iterator i = fun.Find(functions[f].name);
+			typename Functions<StreamType>::Iterator i = fun.Find(functions[f].name);
 
 			if( i != fun.End() )
 			{