diff --git a/source/app.cpp b/source/app.cpp
index 5cd51a1..56352e6 100644
--- a/source/app.cpp
+++ b/source/app.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export namespace app {
 
 			if (path_remaining.length < file_path.byte_size()) return nullptr;
 
-			coral::copy(path_remaining, coral::slice{file_path.begin(), file_path.end()}.as_bytes());
+			coral::copy(path_remaining, file_path.as_slice().as_bytes());
 
 			return ::SDL_RWFromFile(reinterpret_cast<char const *>(this->path_buffer), "r");
 		}
diff --git a/source/coral/files.cpp b/source/coral/files.cpp
index d583267..2231794 100644
--- a/source/coral/files.cpp
+++ b/source/coral/files.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ export namespace coral {
 			this->buffer[max] = max - text_size;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Returns a weak reference to the [path] as a [slice].
+		 */
+		constexpr slice<char const> as_slice() const {
+			return {this->buffer, this->byte_size()};
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Returns the base pointer of the path name.
 		 *
@@ -50,8 +57,7 @@ export namespace coral {
 		 * they are identical.
 		 */
 		constexpr size compare(path const & that) const {
-			return coral::compare(slice{this->begin(), this->end()}.as_bytes(),
-				slice{that.begin(), that.end()}.as_bytes());
+			return coral::compare(this->as_slice().as_bytes(), that.as_slice().as_bytes());
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -66,8 +72,7 @@ export namespace coral {
 		 * otherwise `false`.
 		 */
 		constexpr bool equals(path const & that) const {
-			return coral::equals(slice{this->begin(), this->end()}.as_bytes(),
-				slice{that.begin(), that.end()}.as_bytes());
+			return coral::equals(this->as_slice().as_bytes(), that.as_slice().as_bytes());
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ export namespace coral {
 		 * *Note:* the returned hash code is not guaranteed to be unique.
 		 */
 		constexpr u64 hash() const {
-			return coral::hash(slice{this->begin(), this->end()}.as_bytes());
+			return coral::hash(this->as_slice().as_bytes());
 		}
 
 		/**