Cast padded_string to string_view instead of string

jkeiser · jkeiser · commit e3efbcddc1ee · 2020-03-27T09:13:11.000-07:00
diff --git a/include/simdjson/inline/padded_string.h b/include/simdjson/inline/padded_string.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ inline const char *padded_string::data() const noexcept { return data_ptr; }
 
 inline char *padded_string::data() noexcept { return data_ptr; }
 
-inline padded_string::operator std::string() const { return std::string(data(), length()); }
+inline padded_string::operator std::string_view() const { return std::string_view(data(), length()); }
 
 inline simdjson_result<padded_string> padded_string::load(const std::string &filename) noexcept {
   // Open the file
diff --git a/include/simdjson/padded_string.h b/include/simdjson/padded_string.h
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ struct padded_string final {
   char *data() noexcept;
 
   /**
-   * Create a new std::string with the same content.
+   * Create a std::string_view with the same content.
    */
-  operator std::string() const;
+  operator std::string_view() const;
 
   /**
    * Load this padded string from a file.
