Back in the 2000s, we didn't have constexpr to enforce static initialization of global objects of class types with constructors, so we 'manually' constructed many commonly used objects at startup; these include allocating some statically known String objects. This patch makes such String objects statically allocated. In the process, it also removed uses of const char* and std::string as interface for trucking character strings. A follow up patch will switch to consistent uses of UTF-8 encoded character strings for the internal representation.
Back in the 2000s, we didn't have
constexprto enforce static initialization of global objects of class types with constructors, so we 'manually' constructed many commonly used objects at startup; these include allocating some statically knownStringobjects. This patch makes suchStringobjects statically allocated. In the process, it also removed uses ofconst char*andstd::stringas interface for trucking character strings. A follow up patch will switch to consistent uses of UTF-8 encoded character strings for the internal representation.