Merge pull request #8233 from JosJuice/stringutil-string-view

StringUtil: Use std::string_view more

13 files changed, 104 insertions, 95 deletions

diff --git a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CubebUtils.cpp b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CubebUtils.cpp
index 07f4f530d6..5eaaaf62cd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CubebUtils.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/AudioCommon/CubebUtils.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static void LogCallback(const char* format, ...)
 
   const char* filename = va_arg(args, const char*) + s_path_cutoff_point;
   int lineno = va_arg(args, int);
-  std::string adapted_format = StripSpaces(format + strlen("%s:%d:"));
+  std::string adapted_format(StripSpaces(format + strlen("%s:%d:")));
 
   LogManager::GetInstance()->LogWithFullPath(LogTypes::LNOTICE, LogTypes::AUDIO, filename, lineno,
                                              adapted_format.c_str(), args);
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.cpp
index c0b4f2be28..b1b9bcba6d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.cpp
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
 
-void IniFile::ParseLine(const std::string& line, std::string* keyOut, std::string* valueOut)
+void IniFile::ParseLine(std::string_view line, std::string* keyOut, std::string* valueOut)
 {
   if (line.empty() || line.front() == '#')
     return;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ bool IniFile::Section::GetLines(std::vector<std::string>* lines, const bool remo
 {
   for (const std::string& line : m_lines)
   {
-    std::string stripped_line = StripSpaces(line);
+    std::string_view stripped_line = StripSpaces(line);
 
     if (remove_comments)
     {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ bool IniFile::Section::GetLines(std::vector<std::string>* lines, const bool remo
       }
     }
 
-    lines->push_back(std::move(stripped_line));
+    lines->emplace_back(stripped_line);
   }
 
   return true;
@@ -251,9 +252,8 @@ bool IniFile::Load(const std::string& filename, bool keep_current_data)
   bool first_line = true;
   while (!in.eof())
   {
-    std::string line;
-
-    if (!std::getline(in, line))
+    std::string line_str;
+    if (!std::getline(in, line_str))
     {
       if (in.eof())
         return true;
@@ -261,17 +261,17 @@ bool IniFile::Load(const std::string& filename, bool keep_current_data)
         return false;
     }
 
+    std::string_view line = line_str;
+
     // Skips the UTF-8 BOM at the start of files. Notepad likes to add this.
     if (first_line && line.substr(0, 3) == "\xEF\xBB\xBF")
-      line = line.substr(3);
+      line.remove_prefix(3);
     first_line = false;
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
     // Check for CRLF eol and convert it to LF
     if (!line.empty() && line.back() == '\r')
-    {
-      line.pop_back();
-    }
+      line.remove_suffix(1);
 #endif
 
     if (!line.empty())
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ bool IniFile::Load(const std::string& filename, bool keep_current_data)
         if (endpos != std::string::npos)
         {
           // New section!
-          std::string sub = line.substr(1, endpos - 1);
+          std::string_view sub = line.substr(1, endpos - 1);
           current_section = GetOrCreateSection(sub);
         }
       }
@@ -299,9 +299,13 @@ bool IniFile::Load(const std::string& filename, bool keep_current_data)
           // INI is a hack anyway.
           if ((key.empty() && value.empty()) ||
               (!line.empty() && (line[0] == '$' || line[0] == '+' || line[0] == '*')))
-            current_section->m_lines.push_back(line);
+          {
+            current_section->m_lines.emplace_back(line);
+          }
           else
+          {
             current_section->Set(key, value);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.h b/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.h
index 38afa2631c..422b30aa9a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/IniFile.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public:
   // This function is related to parsing data from lines of INI files
   // It's used outside of IniFile, which is why it is exposed publicly
   // In particular it is used in PostProcessing for its configuration
-  static void ParseLine(const std::string& line, std::string* keyOut, std::string* valueOut);
+  static void ParseLine(std::string_view line, std::string* keyOut, std::string* valueOut);
 
   const std::list<Section>& GetSections() const { return sections; }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
index 275c1e2af0..c85e4ae227 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ std::string ArrayToString(const u8* data, u32 size, int line_len, bool spaces)
 }
 
 // Turns "  hello " into "hello". Also handles tabs.
-std::string StripSpaces(const std::string& str)
+std::string_view StripSpaces(std::string_view str)
 {
   const size_t s = str.find_first_not_of(" \t\r\n");
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ std::string StripSpaces(const std::string& str)
 // "\"hello\"" is turned to "hello"
 // This one assumes that the string has already been space stripped in both
 // ends, as done by StripSpaces above, for example.
-std::string StripQuotes(const std::string& s)
+std::string_view StripQuotes(std::string_view s)
 {
   if (!s.empty() && '\"' == s[0] && '\"' == *s.rbegin())
     return s.substr(1, s.size() - 2);
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ std::string ValueToString(bool value)
   return value ? "True" : "False";
 }
 
-bool SplitPath(const std::string& full_path, std::string* _pPath, std::string* _pFilename,
-               std::string* _pExtension)
+bool SplitPath(std::string_view full_path, std::string* path, std::string* filename,
+               std::string* extension)
 {
   if (full_path.empty())
     return false;
@@ -355,29 +355,29 @@ bool SplitPath(const std::string& full_path, std::string* _pPath, std::string* _
   if (fname_end < dir_end || std::string::npos == fname_end)
     fname_end = full_path.size();
 
-  if (_pPath)
-    *_pPath = full_path.substr(0, dir_end);
+  if (path)
+    *path = full_path.substr(0, dir_end);
 
-  if (_pFilename)
-    *_pFilename = full_path.substr(dir_end, fname_end - dir_end);
+  if (filename)
+    *filename = full_path.substr(dir_end, fname_end - dir_end);
 
-  if (_pExtension)
-    *_pExtension = full_path.substr(fname_end);
+  if (extension)
+    *extension = full_path.substr(fname_end);
 
   return true;
 }
 
-void BuildCompleteFilename(std::string& _CompleteFilename, const std::string& _Path,
-                           const std::string& _Filename)
+void BuildCompleteFilename(std::string& complete_filename, std::string_view path,
+                           std::string_view filename)
 {
-  _CompleteFilename = _Path;
+  complete_filename = path;
 
   // check for seperator
-  if (DIR_SEP_CHR != *_CompleteFilename.rbegin())
-    _CompleteFilename += DIR_SEP_CHR;
+  if (DIR_SEP_CHR != *complete_filename.rbegin())
+    complete_filename += DIR_SEP_CHR;
 
   // add the filename
-  _CompleteFilename += _Filename;
+  complete_filename += filename;
 }
 
 std::vector<std::string> SplitString(const std::string& str, const char delim)
@@ -407,19 +407,18 @@ std::string JoinStrings(const std::vector<std::string>& strings, const std::stri
   return joined.substr(0, joined.length() - delimiter.length());
 }
 
-std::string TabsToSpaces(int tab_size, const std::string& in)
+std::string TabsToSpaces(int tab_size, std::string str)
 {
   const std::string spaces(tab_size, ' ');
-  std::string out(in);
 
   size_t i = 0;
-  while (out.npos != (i = out.find('\t')))
-    out.replace(i, 1, spaces);
+  while (str.npos != (i = str.find('\t')))
+    str.replace(i, 1, spaces);
 
-  return out;
+  return str;
 }
 
-std::string ReplaceAll(std::string result, const std::string& src, const std::string& dest)
+std::string ReplaceAll(std::string result, std::string_view src, std::string_view dest)
 {
   size_t pos = 0;
 
@@ -435,12 +434,12 @@ std::string ReplaceAll(std::string result, const std::string& src, const std::st
   return result;
 }
 
-bool StringBeginsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& begin)
+bool StringBeginsWith(std::string_view str, std::string_view begin)
 {
   return str.size() >= begin.size() && std::equal(begin.begin(), begin.end(), str.begin());
 }
 
-bool StringEndsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& end)
+bool StringEndsWith(std::string_view str, std::string_view end)
 {
   return str.size() >= end.size() && std::equal(end.rbegin(), end.rend(), str.rbegin());
 }
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ void StringPopBackIf(std::string* s, char c)
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
-std::wstring CPToUTF16(u32 code_page, const std::string& input)
+std::wstring CPToUTF16(u32 code_page, std::string_view input)
 {
   auto const size =
       MultiByteToWideChar(code_page, 0, input.data(), static_cast<int>(input.size()), nullptr, 0);
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ std::wstring CPToUTF16(u32 code_page, const std::string& input)
   return output;
 }
 
-std::string UTF16ToCP(u32 code_page, const std::wstring& input)
+std::string UTF16ToCP(u32 code_page, std::wstring_view input)
 {
   std::string output;
 
@@ -487,7 +486,8 @@ std::string UTF16ToCP(u32 code_page, const std::wstring& input)
                                     &output[0], static_cast<int>(output.size()), nullptr, false))
     {
       const DWORD error_code = GetLastError();
-      ERROR_LOG(COMMON, "WideCharToMultiByte Error in String '%s': %lu", input.c_str(), error_code);
+      ERROR_LOG(COMMON, "WideCharToMultiByte Error in String '%s': %lu",
+                std::wstring(input).c_str(), error_code);
       output.clear();
     }
   }
@@ -495,27 +495,27 @@ std::string UTF16ToCP(u32 code_page, const std::wstring& input)
   return output;
 }
 
-std::wstring UTF8ToUTF16(const std::string& input)
+std::wstring UTF8ToUTF16(std::string_view input)
 {
   return CPToUTF16(CP_UTF8, input);
 }
 
-std::string UTF16ToUTF8(const std::wstring& input)
+std::string UTF16ToUTF8(std::wstring_view input)
 {
   return UTF16ToCP(CP_UTF8, input);
 }
 
-std::string SHIFTJISToUTF8(const std::string& input)
+std::string SHIFTJISToUTF8(std::string_view input)
 {
   return UTF16ToUTF8(CPToUTF16(CODEPAGE_SHIFT_JIS, input));
 }
 
-std::string UTF8ToSHIFTJIS(const std::string& input)
+std::string UTF8ToSHIFTJIS(std::string_view input)
 {
   return UTF16ToCP(CODEPAGE_SHIFT_JIS, UTF8ToUTF16(input));
 }
 
-std::string CP1252ToUTF8(const std::string& input)
+std::string CP1252ToUTF8(std::string_view input)
 {
   return UTF16ToUTF8(CPToUTF16(CODEPAGE_WINDOWS_1252, input));
 }
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ std::string UTF16BEToUTF8(const char16_t* str, size_t max_size)
 #else
 
 template <typename T>
-std::string CodeTo(const char* tocode, const char* fromcode, const std::basic_string<T>& input)
+std::string CodeTo(const char* tocode, const char* fromcode, std::basic_string_view<T> input)
 {
   std::string result;
 
@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ std::string CodeTo(const char* tocode, const char* fromcode, const std::basic_st
     std::string out_buffer;
     out_buffer.resize(out_buffer_size);
 
-    auto src_buffer = &input[0];
+    auto src_buffer = input.data();
     size_t src_bytes = in_bytes;
-    auto dst_buffer = &out_buffer[0];
+    auto dst_buffer = out_buffer.data();
     size_t dst_bytes = out_buffer.size();
 
     while (src_bytes != 0)
@@ -587,39 +587,39 @@ std::string CodeTo(const char* tocode, const char* fromcode, const std::basic_st
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-std::string CodeToUTF8(const char* fromcode, const std::basic_string<T>& input)
+std::string CodeToUTF8(const char* fromcode, std::basic_string_view<T> input)
 {
   return CodeTo("UTF-8", fromcode, input);
 }
 
-std::string CP1252ToUTF8(const std::string& input)
+std::string CP1252ToUTF8(std::string_view input)
 {
   // return CodeToUTF8("CP1252//TRANSLIT", input);
   // return CodeToUTF8("CP1252//IGNORE", input);
   return CodeToUTF8("CP1252", input);
 }
 
-std::string SHIFTJISToUTF8(const std::string& input)
+std::string SHIFTJISToUTF8(std::string_view input)
 {
   // return CodeToUTF8("CP932", input);
   return CodeToUTF8("SJIS", input);
 }
 
-std::string UTF8ToSHIFTJIS(const std::string& input)
+std::string UTF8ToSHIFTJIS(std::string_view input)
 {
   return CodeTo("SJIS", "UTF-8", input);
 }
 
-std::string UTF16ToUTF8(const std::wstring& input)
+std::string UTF16ToUTF8(std::wstring_view input)
 {
   std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>, wchar_t> converter;
-  return converter.to_bytes(input);
+  return converter.to_bytes(input.data(), input.data() + input.size());
 }
 
 std::string UTF16BEToUTF8(const char16_t* str, size_t max_size)
 {
   const char16_t* str_end = std::find(str, str + max_size, '\0');
-  return CodeToUTF8("UTF-16BE", std::u16string(str, static_cast<size_t>(str_end - str)));
+  return CodeToUTF8("UTF-16BE", std::u16string_view(str, static_cast<size_t>(str_end - str)));
 }
 
 #endif
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ std::string UTF16BEToUTF8(const char16_t* str, size_t max_size)
 std::filesystem::path StringToPath(std::string_view path)
 {
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-  return std::filesystem::path(UTF8ToUTF16(std::string(path)));
+  return std::filesystem::path(UTF8ToUTF16(path));
 #else
   return std::filesystem::path(path);
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
index a1adf70b28..9d9b59f323 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ inline void CharArrayFromFormat(char (&out)[Count], const char* format, ...)
 // Good
 std::string ArrayToString(const u8* data, u32 size, int line_len = 20, bool spaces = true);
 
-std::string StripSpaces(const std::string& s);
-std::string StripQuotes(const std::string& s);
+std::string_view StripSpaces(std::string_view s);
+std::string_view StripQuotes(std::string_view s);
 
 bool TryParse(const std::string& str, bool* output);
 bool TryParse(const std::string& str, u16* output);
@@ -107,50 +107,50 @@ std::string HexDump(const u8* data, size_t size);
 // TODO: kill this
 bool AsciiToHex(const std::string& _szValue, u32& result);
 
-std::string TabsToSpaces(int tab_size, const std::string& in);
+std::string TabsToSpaces(int tab_size, std::string str);
 
 std::vector<std::string> SplitString(const std::string& str, char delim);
 std::string JoinStrings(const std::vector<std::string>& strings, const std::string& delimiter);
 
 // "C:/Windows/winhelp.exe" to "C:/Windows/", "winhelp", ".exe"
-bool SplitPath(const std::string& full_path, std::string* _pPath, std::string* _pFilename,
-               std::string* _pExtension);
+bool SplitPath(std::string_view full_path, std::string* path, std::string* filename,
+               std::string* extension);
 
-void BuildCompleteFilename(std::string& _CompleteFilename, const std::string& _Path,
-                           const std::string& _Filename);
-std::string ReplaceAll(std::string result, const std::string& src, const std::string& dest);
+void BuildCompleteFilename(std::string& complete_filename, std::string_view path,
+                           std::string_view filename);
+std::string ReplaceAll(std::string result, std::string_view src, std::string_view dest);
 
-bool StringBeginsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& begin);
-bool StringEndsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& end);
+bool StringBeginsWith(std::string_view str, std::string_view begin);
+bool StringEndsWith(std::string_view str, std::string_view end);
 void StringPopBackIf(std::string* s, char c);
 
-std::string CP1252ToUTF8(const std::string& str);
-std::string SHIFTJISToUTF8(const std::string& str);
-std::string UTF8ToSHIFTJIS(const std::string& str);
-std::string UTF16ToUTF8(const std::wstring& str);
+std::string CP1252ToUTF8(std::string_view str);
+std::string SHIFTJISToUTF8(std::string_view str);
+std::string UTF8ToSHIFTJIS(std::string_view str);
+std::string UTF16ToUTF8(std::wstring_view str);
 std::string UTF16BEToUTF8(const char16_t* str, size_t max_size);  // Stops at \0
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
-std::wstring UTF8ToUTF16(const std::string& str);
+std::wstring UTF8ToUTF16(std::string_view str);
 
 #ifdef _UNICODE
-inline std::string TStrToUTF8(const std::wstring& str)
+inline std::string TStrToUTF8(std::wstring_view str)
 {
   return UTF16ToUTF8(str);
 }
 
-inline std::wstring UTF8ToTStr(const std::string& str)
+inline std::wstring UTF8ToTStr(std::string_view str)
 {
   return UTF8ToUTF16(str);
 }
 #else
-inline std::string TStrToUTF8(const std::string& str)
+inline std::string TStrToUTF8(std::string_view str)
 {
   return str;
 }
 
-inline std::string UTF8ToTStr(const std::string& str)
+inline std::string UTF8ToTStr(std::string_view str)
 {
   return str;
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp
index 1412533bf4..fc02b54bbb 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PPCSymbolDB.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ bool PPCSymbolDB::LoadMap(const std::string& filename, bool bad)
     // Detect two columns with three columns fallback
     if (column_count == 0)
     {
-      const std::string stripped_line = StripSpaces(line);
+      const std::string_view stripped_line = StripSpaces(line);
       if (std::count(stripped_line.begin(), stripped_line.end(), ' ') == 1)
         column_count = 2;
       else
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp
index d9d07d5c8e..84f8f0b9f2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <functional>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <utility>
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ static Map LoadMap(const std::string& file_path)
     const size_t equals_index = line.find('=');
     if (equals_index != std::string::npos)
     {
-      const std::string game_id = StripSpaces(line.substr(0, equals_index));
+      const std::string_view game_id = StripSpaces(line.substr(0, equals_index));
       if (game_id.length() >= 4)
         map.emplace(game_id, StripSpaces(line.substr(equals_index + 1)));
     }
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Settings/USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Settings/USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog.cpp
index 1340fccb14..b51068ad25 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Settings/USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Settings/USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "DolphinQt/Settings/USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog.h"
 
+#include <string_view>
+
 #include <QButtonGroup>
 #include <QDialog>
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "UICommon/USBUtils.h"
 
-static bool IsValidUSBIDString(const std::string& string)
+static bool IsValidUSBIDString(std::string_view string)
 {
   if (string.empty() || string.length() > 4)
     return false;
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ void USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog::RefreshDeviceList()
 
 void USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog::AddUSBDeviceToWhitelist()
 {
-  const std::string vid_string = StripSpaces(device_vid_textbox->text().toStdString());
-  const std::string pid_string = StripSpaces(device_pid_textbox->text().toStdString());
+  const std::string_view vid_string = StripSpaces(device_vid_textbox->text().toStdString());
+  const std::string_view pid_string = StripSpaces(device_pid_textbox->text().toStdString());
   if (!IsValidUSBIDString(vid_string))
   {
     // i18n: Here, VID means Vendor ID (for a USB device).
@@ -151,8 +153,8 @@ void USBDeviceAddToWhitelistDialog::AddUSBDeviceToWhitelist()
     return;
   }
 
-  const u16 vid = static_cast<u16>(std::stoul(vid_string, nullptr, 16));
-  const u16 pid = static_cast<u16>(std::stoul(pid_string, nullptr, 16));
+  const u16 vid = static_cast<u16>(std::stoul(std::string(vid_string), nullptr, 16));
+  const u16 pid = static_cast<u16>(std::stoul(std::string(pid_string), nullptr, 16));
 
   if (SConfig::GetInstance().IsUSBDeviceWhitelisted({vid, pid}))
   {
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSX.mm b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSX.mm
index 716a56b61e..37b1fa8cfd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSX.mm
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSX.mm
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static std::string GetDeviceRefName(IOHIDDeviceRef inIOHIDDeviceRef)
 {
   const NSString* name = reinterpret_cast<const NSString*>(
       IOHIDDeviceGetProperty(inIOHIDDeviceRef, CFSTR(kIOHIDProductKey)));
-  return (name != nullptr) ? StripSpaces([name UTF8String]) : "Unknown device";
+  return (name != nullptr) ? std::string(StripSpaces([name UTF8String])) : "Unknown device";
 }
 
 static void DeviceRemovalCallback(void* inContext, IOReturn inResult, void* inSender,
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSXJoystick.mm b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSXJoystick.mm
index 9ab06c91db..3b59d5b2ec 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSXJoystick.mm
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/OSX/OSXJoystick.mm
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ std::string Joystick::Button::GetName() const
 {
   std::ostringstream s;
   s << IOHIDElementGetUsage(m_element);
-  return std::string("Button ") + StripSpaces(s.str());
+  return std::string("Button ").append(StripSpaces(s.str()));
 }
 
 Joystick::Axis::Axis(IOHIDElementRef element, IOHIDDeviceRef device, direction dir)
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/evdev/evdev.cpp b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/evdev/evdev.cpp
index 4443eaad3a..de14875f56 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/evdev/evdev.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/evdev/evdev.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ std::string evdevDevice::Button::GetName() const
   {
     const char* name = libevdev_event_code_get_name(EV_KEY, m_code);
     if (name)
-      return StripSpaces(name);
+      return std::string(StripSpaces(name));
   }
   // But controllers use codes above 0x100, and the standard label often doesn't match.
   // We are better off with Button 0 and so on.
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputProfile.cpp b/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputProfile.cpp
index 65f4069cf9..2fbdf39706 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputProfile.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/InputProfile.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> GetProfilesFromSetting(const std::string& setting, cons
   std::vector<std::string> result;
   for (const std::string& setting_choice : setting_choices)
   {
-    const std::string path = root + StripSpaces(setting_choice);
+    const std::string path = root + std::string(StripSpaces(setting_choice));
     if (File::IsDirectory(path))
     {
       const auto files_under_directory = Common::DoFileSearch({path}, {".ini"}, true);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PostProcessing.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PostProcessing.cpp
index 77f77cb9ce..859715542b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PostProcessing.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PostProcessing.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #include "Common/Assert.h"
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
@@ -117,16 +118,15 @@ void PostProcessingConfiguration::LoadOptions(const std::string& code)
   GLSLStringOption* current_strings = nullptr;
   while (!in.eof())
   {
-    std::string line;
-
-    if (std::getline(in, line))
+    std::string line_str;
+    if (std::getline(in, line_str))
     {
+      std::string_view line = line_str;
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
       // Check for CRLF eol and convert it to LF
       if (!line.empty() && line.at(line.size() - 1) == '\r')
-      {
-        line.erase(line.size() - 1);
-      }
+        line.remove_suffix(1);
 #endif
 
       if (!line.empty())
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ void PostProcessingConfiguration::LoadOptions(const std::string& code)
           if (endpos != std::string::npos)
           {
             // New section!
-            std::string sub = line.substr(1, endpos - 1);
-            option_strings.push_back({sub});
+            std::string_view sub = line.substr(1, endpos - 1);
+            option_strings.push_back({std::string(sub)});
             current_strings = &option_strings.back();
           }
         }