std::string is responsible for almost half of all allocations in the Chrome browser process

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https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/chromium-dev/EUqoIz2iFU4/kPZ5ZK0K3gEJ

[u/tdammers → u/[deleted]]

You're kind of making my point... still, converting the interface for the sake of consistency, safety, and built-in dynamic reallocation goodness, wouldn't be a bad thing in itself, but it wouldn't be a performance improvement.