GL: rework Context to not use any STL containers.

We're going to eventually include this class in all Application classes
(need that in order to inherit a to-be-created Configuration class) and
the <string> and <vector> would be just too much. This change caused
magnum-gl-info.wasm (WebGL 2 build) to go down from 247 to 245 kB. Not
much, but that's I guess because there's still a lot other vectors of
strings elsewhere.

There's a lot more places to clean up, will do those in separate
commits. This change is the most atomic I could do, and it introduces a
breaking change to all APIs that returned a std::vector or a
std::string. Fortunately (or as I hope) those weren't used that much, so
it shouldn't cause build breakages for that many people.

Quite a lot of the optimization ideas is borrowed from the new Vk
library -- such as "interning" the driver workaround strings to avoid
allocating their copies.

doc/changelog.dox

@@ -458,6 +458,20 @@ See also:
     @ref Corrade::Containers::ArrayView are now removed. This should have a
     significant positive effect on compile times of code using the @ref GL,
     @ref Audio, @ref Trade and @ref Text libraries
+-   As part of the ongoing STL header dependency cleanup,
+    @ref GL::Context::vendorString(),
+    @relativeref{GL::Context,rendererString()},
+    @relativeref{GL::Context,versionString()},
+    @relativeref{GL::Context,shadingLanguageVersionString()},
+    @relativeref{GL::Context,shadingLanguageVersionStrings()} and
+    @relativeref{GL::Context,extensionStrings()} now return
+    @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringView} or a
+    @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::Array} /
+    @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::ArrayView} of them, instead of a
+    @ref std::string and a @ref std::vector. For at least some backwards
+    compatibility the @ref Corrade/Containers/StringStl.h header is included to
+    provide implicit conversions to a @ref std::string, but in most cases
+    you'll be forced to change the code that uses those APIs.
 -   @ref GL::TextureFormat::SR8 and @ref GL::TextureFormat::SRG8 were present
     on ES2 builds by mistake --- the @gl_extension{EXT,texture_sRGB_R8} and
     @gl_extension{EXT,texture_sRGB_RG8} extensions require OpenGL ES 3.0 at

doc/snippets/MagnumPlatform-windowless.cpp

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 */
 
 /* [windowless] */
-#include <Corrade/Utility/DebugStl.h>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Magnum/GL/Context.h>
 #include <Magnum/Platform/WindowlessEglApplication.h>
 

doc/snippets/getting-started-blue.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <Magnum/GL/DefaultFramebuffer.h>
 #include <Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.h>
 /** [0] */
-#include <Corrade/Utility/DebugStl.h>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Magnum/GL/Context.h>
 #include <Magnum/GL/Renderer.h>
 #include <Magnum/GL/Version.h>

src/Magnum/GL/Context.cpp

@@ -26,13 +26,10 @@
 #include "Context.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <iostream> /* for initialization log redirection */
-#include <string>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/EnumSet.hpp>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/GrowableArray.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Arguments.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Debug.h>
-#include <Corrade/Utility/DebugStl.h>
-#include <Corrade/Utility/String.h>
 
 #include "Magnum/GL/AbstractFramebuffer.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/AbstractShaderProgram.h"
@@ -68,6 +65,8 @@
 
 namespace Magnum { namespace GL {
 
+using namespace Containers::Literals;
+
 /* When adding a new list, Extension::extensions() and Context::Context() needs
    to be adapted. Binary search is performed on the extensions, thus they have
    to be sorted alphabetically. */
@@ -523,6 +522,44 @@ constexpr Extension ExtensionListES320[]{
 #endif
 #undef _extension
 
+constexpr struct {
+    Version version;
+    Containers::ArrayView<const Extension> extensions;
+} KnownExtensionsForVersion[]{
+    #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
+    {Version::GL300, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList300)},
+    {Version::GL310, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList310)},
+    {Version::GL320, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList320)},
+    {Version::GL330, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList330)},
+    {Version::GL400, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList400)},
+    {Version::GL410, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList410)},
+    {Version::GL420, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList420)},
+    {Version::GL430, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList430)},
+    {Version::GL440, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList440)},
+    {Version::GL450, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList450)},
+    {Version::GL460, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList460)},
+    #else
+    {Version::GLES300, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionListES300)},
+    #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
+    /* No extensions in ES 3.1 */
+    {Version::GLES320, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionListES320)},
+    #endif
+    #endif
+    {Version::None, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList)}
+};
+
+const Extension* findExtension(const Containers::StringView extension, const std::size_t since = 0) {
+    for(std::size_t i = since; i != Containers::arraySize(KnownExtensionsForVersion); ++i) {
+        const auto found = std::lower_bound(KnownExtensionsForVersion[i].extensions.begin(), KnownExtensionsForVersion[i].extensions.end(), extension, [](const Extension& a, const Containers::StringView& b) {
+            return a.string() < b;
+        });
+        if(found != KnownExtensionsForVersion[i].extensions.end() && found->string() == extension)
+            return found;
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
 }
 
 Containers::ArrayView<const Extension> Extension::extensions(Version version) {
@@ -657,21 +694,39 @@ Context::Context(NoCreateT, Utility::Arguments& args, Int argc, const char** arg
     if(args.value("gpu-validation") == "on" || args.value("gpu-validation") == "ON")
         _internalFlags |= InternalFlag::GpuValidation;
 
-    /* Disable driver workarounds */
+    /* If there are any disabled workarounds, save them until tryCreate() uses
-    for(auto&& workaround: Utility::String::splitWithoutEmptyParts(args.value("disable-workarounds")))
+       them. The disableWorkaround() function saves the internal string view
-        disableDriverWorkaround(workaround);
+       instead of the one passed from the command line so we don't need to
+       bother with String allocations. */
+    const Containers::StringView disabledWorkarounds = args.value<Containers::StringView>("disable-workarounds");
+    if(!disabledWorkarounds.isEmpty()) {
+        const Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> split = disabledWorkarounds.splitWithoutEmptyParts();
+        arrayReserve(_driverWorkarounds, split.size());
+        for(const Containers::StringView workaround: split)
+            disableDriverWorkaround(workaround);
+    }
 
-    /* Disable extensions */
+    /* Disable extensions. Here we search for them among the known extensions
-    for(auto&& extension: Utility::String::splitWithoutEmptyParts(args.value("disable-extensions")))
+       and store the Extension objects instead, which avoids the string copying
-        _disabledExtensions.push_back(extension);
+       and another binary search in tryCreate(). */
+    const Containers::StringView disabledExtensions = args.value<Containers::StringView>("disable-extensions");
+    if(!disabledExtensions.isEmpty()) {
+        const Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> split = disabledExtensions.splitWithoutEmptyParts();
+        arrayReserve(_disabledExtensions, split.size());
+        for(const Containers::StringView extension: split) {
+            if(const Extension* found = findExtension(extension)) {
+                arrayAppend(_disabledExtensions, *found);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 Context::Context(Context&& other) noexcept: _version{other._version},
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
     _flags{other._flags},
     #endif
-    _extensionRequiredVersion{other._extensionRequiredVersion},
     _extensionStatus{other._extensionStatus},
+    _extensionRequiredVersion{other._extensionRequiredVersion},
     _supportedExtensions{std::move(other._supportedExtensions)},
     _state{std::move(other._state)},
     _detectedDrivers{std::move(other._detectedDrivers)}
@@ -710,8 +765,8 @@ bool Context::tryCreate() {
 
     /* WebGL 2.0, treat it as ES 3.0 */
     #else
-    const std::string version = versionString();
+    const Containers::StringView version = versionString();
-    if(version.find("WebGL 2") == std::string::npos) {
+    if(!version.contains("WebGL 2"_s)) {
         Error{} << "GL::Context: unsupported version string:" << version;
         return false;
     }
@@ -738,17 +793,17 @@ bool Context::tryCreate() {
         #endif
 
         /* Allow ES2 context on driver that reports ES3 as supported */
-        const std::string version = versionString();
+        const Containers::StringView version = versionString();
         #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
-        if(version.compare(0, 3, "2.1") == 0)
+        if(version.hasPrefix("2.1"_s))
         #elif defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
         /* Internet Explorer currently has 0.94 */
-        if(version.find("WebGL 1") != std::string::npos ||
+        if(version.contains("WebGL 1"_s) ||
-           version.find("WebGL 0") != std::string::npos)
+           version.contains("WebGL 0"_s))
         #else
-        if(version.find("OpenGL ES 2.0") != std::string::npos ||
+        if(version.contains("OpenGL ES 2.0"_s) ||
            /* It is possible to use Magnum compiled for ES2 on ES3 contexts */
-           version.find("OpenGL ES 3.") != std::string::npos)
+           version.contains("OpenGL ES 3."_s))
         #endif
         {
             majorVersion = 2;
@@ -804,51 +859,22 @@ bool Context::tryCreate() {
         glGetIntegerv(GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS, reinterpret_cast<GLint*>(&_flags));
     #endif
 
-    constexpr struct {
-        Version version;
-        Containers::ArrayView<const Extension> extensions;
-    } versions[]{
-        #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
-        {Version::GL300, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList300)},
-        {Version::GL310, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList310)},
-        {Version::GL320, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList320)},
-        {Version::GL330, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList330)},
-        {Version::GL400, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList400)},
-        {Version::GL410, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList410)},
-        {Version::GL420, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList420)},
-        {Version::GL430, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList430)},
-        {Version::GL440, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList440)},
-        {Version::GL450, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList450)},
-        {Version::GL460, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList460)},
-        #else
-        {Version::GLES300, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionListES300)},
-        #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
-        /* No extensions in ES 3.1 */
-        {Version::GLES320, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionListES320)},
-        #endif
-        #endif
-        {Version::None, Containers::arrayView(ExtensionList)}
-    };
-
     /* Get first future (not supported) version */
     std::size_t future = 0;
-    while(versions[future].version != Version::None && isVersionSupported(versions[future].version))
+    while(KnownExtensionsForVersion[future].version != Version::None && isVersionSupported(KnownExtensionsForVersion[future].version))
         ++future;
 
     /* Mark all extensions from past versions as supported */
     for(std::size_t i = 0; i != future; ++i)
-        for(const Extension& extension: versions[i].extensions)
+        for(const Extension& extension: KnownExtensionsForVersion[i].extensions)
             _extensionStatus.set(extension.index(), true);
 
     /* Check for presence of future and vendor extensions */
-    const std::vector<std::string> extensions = extensionStrings();
+    const Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> extensions = extensionStrings();
-    for(const std::string& extension: extensions) {
+    for(const Containers::StringView extension: extensions) {
-        for(std::size_t i = future; i != Containers::arraySize(versions); ++i)  {
+        if(const Extension* found = findExtension(extension, future)) {
-            const auto found = std::lower_bound(versions[i].extensions.begin(), versions[i].extensions.end(), extension, [](const Extension& a, const std::string& b) { return a.string() < b; });
+            arrayAppend(_supportedExtensions, *found);
-            if(found != versions[i].extensions.end() && found->string() == extension) {
+            _extensionStatus.set(found->index(), true);
-                _supportedExtensions.push_back(*found);
-                _extensionStatus.set(found->index(), true);
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -856,7 +882,7 @@ bool Context::tryCreate() {
     for(auto& i: _extensionRequiredVersion) i = Version::None;
 
     /* Initialize required versions from extension info */
-    for(const auto& version: versions)
+    for(const auto& version: KnownExtensionsForVersion)
         for(const Extension& extension: version.extensions)
             _extensionRequiredVersion[extension.index()] = extension.requiredVersion();
 
@@ -873,31 +899,16 @@ bool Context::tryCreate() {
 
     /* Print some info and initialize state tracker (which also prints some
        more info). Mesa's renderer string has a space at the end, trim that. */
-    Debug{output} << "Renderer:" << Utility::String::trim(rendererString()) << "by" << vendorString();
+    Debug{output} << "Renderer:" << rendererString().trimmed() << "by" << vendorString();
     Debug{output} << "OpenGL version:" << versionString();
 
     /* Disable extensions as requested by the user */
     if(!_disabledExtensions.empty()) {
-        bool headerPrinted = false;
+        Debug{output} << "Disabling extensions:";
-
+
-        /* Disable extensions that are known and supported and print a message
+        for(const Extension& extension: _disabledExtensions) {
-           for each */
+            _extensionRequiredVersion[extension.index()] = Version::None;
-        for(auto&& extension: _disabledExtensions) {
+            Debug{output} << "   " << extension.string();
-            for(const auto& version: versions)  {
-                const auto found = std::lower_bound(version.extensions.begin(), version.extensions.end(), extension, [](const Extension& a, const std::string& b) { return a.string() < b; });
-                /* No error message here because some of the extensions could
-                   be from Vulkan or OpenAL. That also means we print the
-                   header only when we actually have something to say */
-                if(found == version.extensions.end() || found->string() != extension)
-                    continue;
-
-                _extensionRequiredVersion[found->index()] = Version::None;
-                if(!headerPrinted) {
-                    Debug{output} << "Disabling extensions:";
-                    headerPrinted = true;
-                }
-                Debug{output} << "   " << extension;
-            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -939,45 +950,42 @@ bool Context::tryCreate() {
     return true;
 }
 
-std::string Context::vendorString() const {
+Containers::StringView Context::vendorString() const {
-    return Utility::String::fromArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR)));
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VENDOR)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global};
 }
 
-std::string Context::rendererString() const {
+Containers::StringView Context::rendererString() const {
-    return Utility::String::fromArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_RENDERER)));
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_RENDERER)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global};
 }
 
-std::string Context::versionString() const {
+Containers::StringView Context::versionString() const {
-    return Utility::String::fromArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VERSION)));
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_VERSION)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global};
 }
 
-std::string Context::shadingLanguageVersionString() const {
+Containers::StringView Context::shadingLanguageVersionString() const {
-    return Utility::String::fromArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION)));
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global};
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> Context::shadingLanguageVersionStrings() const {
+Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> Context::shadingLanguageVersionStrings() const {
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
     GLint versionCount = 0;
     glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSIONS, &versionCount);
 
-    /* The implementation doesn't yet support this query (< OpenGL 4.3) */
+    /* If zero, the implementation doesn't yet support this query (< GL4.3) */
-    if(!versionCount)
+    /** @todo doesn't this throw a GL error? some better handling? */
-        return {shadingLanguageVersionString()};
+    if(versionCount) {
-
+        /* Get all of them */
-    /* Get all of them */
+        Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> versions{std::size_t(versionCount)};
-    std::vector<std::string> versions;
+        for(GLint i = 0; i != versionCount; ++i)
-    versions.reserve(versionCount);
+            versions[i] = {reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetStringi(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION, i)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global};
-    for(GLint i = 0; i != versionCount; ++i)
+        return versions;
-        versions.emplace_back(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetStringi(GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION, i)));
+    }
-    return versions;
-    #else
-    return {shadingLanguageVersionString()};
     #endif
-}
 
-std::vector<std::string> Context::extensionStrings() const {
+    return Containers::array({shadingLanguageVersionString()});
-    std::vector<std::string> extensions;
+}
 
+Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> Context::extensionStrings() const {
     /* If we have GL 3.0 / GLES 3.0 at least, ask the new way. Otherwise don't
        even attempt to query GL_NUM_EXTENSIONS as that would cause a GL error
        on GL 2.1. Happens with Mesa's zink that's just 2.1 currently (Apr 2020)
@@ -989,9 +997,10 @@ std::vector<std::string> Context::extensionStrings() const {
     {
         GLint extensionCount = 0;
         glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_EXTENSIONS, &extensionCount);
-        extensions.reserve(extensionCount);
+        Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> extensions{std::size_t(extensionCount)};
         for(GLint i = 0; i != extensionCount; ++i)
-            extensions.emplace_back(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetStringi(GL_EXTENSIONS, i)));
+            extensions[i] = {reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetStringi(GL_EXTENSIONS, i)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global};
+        return extensions;
     }
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES3
     else
@@ -1000,14 +1009,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> Context::extensionStrings() const {
 
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES3
     /* OpenGL 2.1 / OpenGL ES 2.0 doesn't have glGetStringi() */
-    {
+    return Containers::StringView{reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS)), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global}.splitWithoutEmptyParts();
-        /* Don't crash when glGetString() returns nullptr (i.e. don't trust the
-           old implementations) */
-        extensions = Utility::String::splitWithoutEmptyParts(Utility::String::fromArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS))), ' ');
-    }
     #endif
-
-    return extensions;
 }
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES

src/Magnum/GL/Context.h

@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@
  */
 
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <vector>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/Array.h>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/EnumSet.h>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/Optional.h>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/Pointer.h>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/StaticArray.h>
-#include <Corrade/Utility/StlForwardString.h>
 
 #include "Magnum/Magnum.h"
 #include "Magnum/Math/BoolVector.h"
@@ -45,6 +44,12 @@
 
 #include "Magnum/GL/visibility.h"
 
+#ifdef MAGNUM_BUILD_DEPRECATED
+/* For return types of Context::versionString() etc., which used to be a
+   std::string. Not ideal, but at least something. */
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringStl.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace Magnum {
 
 namespace GL {
@@ -513,52 +518,62 @@ class MAGNUM_GL_EXPORT Context {
          * @brief Vendor string
          *
          * The result is *not* cached, repeated queries will result in repeated
-         * OpenGL calls.
+         * OpenGL calls. The returned view is always
+         * @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated} and
+         * @relativeref{Corrade::Containers::StringViewFlag,Global}.
          * @see @ref rendererString(), @fn_gl{GetString} with
          *      @def_gl_keyword{VENDOR}
          */
-        std::string vendorString() const;
+        Containers::StringView vendorString() const;
 
         /**
          * @brief Renderer string
          *
          * The result is *not* cached, repeated queries will result in repeated
-         * OpenGL calls.
+         * OpenGL calls. The returned view is always
+         * @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated} and
+         * @relativeref{Corrade::Containers::StringViewFlag,Global}.
          * @see @ref vendorString(), @fn_gl{GetString} with
          *      @def_gl_keyword{RENDERER}
          */
-        std::string rendererString() const;
+        Containers::StringView rendererString() const;
 
         /**
          * @brief Version string
          *
          * The result is *not* cached, repeated queries will result in repeated
-         * OpenGL calls.
+         * OpenGL calls. The returned view is always
+         * @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated} and
+         * @relativeref{Corrade::Containers::StringViewFlag,Global}.
          * @see @ref shadingLanguageVersionString(), @ref version(),
          *      @fn_gl{GetString} with @def_gl_keyword{VERSION}
          */
-        std::string versionString() const;
+        Containers::StringView versionString() const;
 
         /**
          * @brief Shading language version string
          *
          * The result is *not* cached, repeated queries will result in repeated
-         * OpenGL calls.
+         * OpenGL calls. The returned view is always
+         * @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated} and
+         * @relativeref{Corrade::Containers::StringViewFlag,Global}.
          * @see @ref versionString(), @ref version(), @fn_gl{GetString} with
          *      @def_gl_keyword{SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION}
          */
-        std::string shadingLanguageVersionString() const;
+        Containers::StringView shadingLanguageVersionString() const;
 
         /**
          * @brief Shading language version strings
          *
          * The result is *not* cached, repeated queries will result in repeated
-         * OpenGL calls.
+         * OpenGL calls. The returned view is always
+         * @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated} and
+         * @relativeref{Corrade::Containers::StringViewFlag,Global}.
          * @see @ref versionString(), @ref version(), @fn_gl{Get} with
          *      @def_gl_keyword{NUM_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSIONS}, @fn_gl{GetString}
          *      with @def_gl_keyword{SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION}
          */
-        std::vector<std::string> shadingLanguageVersionStrings() const;
+        Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> shadingLanguageVersionStrings() const;
 
         /**
          * @brief Extension strings
@@ -567,11 +582,13 @@ class MAGNUM_GL_EXPORT Context {
          * OpenGL calls. Note that this function returns list of all extensions
          * reported by the driver (even those not supported by Magnum), see
          * @ref supportedExtensions(), @ref Extension::extensions() or
-         * @ref isExtensionSupported() for alternatives.
+         * @ref isExtensionSupported() for alternatives. The returned views are
+         * always @relativeref{Corrade,Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated}
+         * and @relativeref{Corrade::Containers::StringViewFlag,Global}.
          * @see @fn_gl{Get} with @def_gl_keyword{NUM_EXTENSIONS},
          *      @fn_gl{GetString} with @def_gl_keyword{EXTENSIONS}
          */
-        std::vector<std::string> extensionStrings() const;
+        Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> extensionStrings() const;
 
         #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
         /**
@@ -589,7 +606,7 @@ class MAGNUM_GL_EXPORT Context {
          * the current.
          * @see @ref isExtensionSupported(), @ref Extension::extensions()
          */
-        const std::vector<Extension>& supportedExtensions() const {
+        Containers::ArrayView<const Extension> supportedExtensions() const {
             return _supportedExtensions;
         }
 
@@ -750,7 +767,7 @@ class MAGNUM_GL_EXPORT Context {
         typedef Containers::EnumSet<InternalFlag> InternalFlags;
         CORRADE_ENUMSET_FRIEND_OPERATORS(InternalFlags)
 
-        bool isDriverWorkaroundDisabled(const char* workaround);
+        bool isDriverWorkaroundDisabled(Containers::StringView workaround);
         Implementation::State& state() { return *_state; }
 
         /* This function is called from MeshState constructor, which means the
@@ -778,7 +795,7 @@ class MAGNUM_GL_EXPORT Context {
         friend Implementation::ContextState;
         #endif
 
-        void disableDriverWorkaround(const std::string& workaround);
+        void disableDriverWorkaround(Containers::StringView workaround);
 
         /* Defined in Implementation/driverSpecific.cpp */
         MAGNUM_GL_LOCAL void setupDriverWorkarounds();
@@ -794,17 +811,20 @@ class MAGNUM_GL_EXPORT Context {
         Flags _flags;
         #endif
 
-        Containers::StaticArray<Implementation::ExtensionCount, Version> _extensionRequiredVersion;
         Math::BoolVector<Implementation::ExtensionCount> _extensionStatus;
-        std::vector<Extension> _supportedExtensions;
+        /* For all extensions that are marked as supported in _extensionStatus,
+           this field contains the minimal required GL version the extension
+           needs. Extensions that are disabled have None here. */
+        Containers::StaticArray<Implementation::ExtensionCount, Version> _extensionRequiredVersion;
+        Containers::Array<Extension> _supportedExtensions;
 
         Containers::Pointer<Implementation::State> _state;
 
         Containers::Optional<DetectedDrivers> _detectedDrivers;
 
         /* True means known and disabled, false means known */
-        std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> _driverWorkarounds;
+        Containers::Array<std::pair<Containers::StringView, bool>> _driverWorkarounds;
-        std::vector<std::string> _disabledExtensions;
+        Containers::Array<Extension> _disabledExtensions;
         InternalFlags _internalFlags;
 };
 

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/BufferState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "BufferState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Assert.h>
 
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/ContextState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "ContextState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 
 namespace Magnum { namespace GL { namespace Implementation {

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/FramebufferState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "FramebufferState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Renderbuffer.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/MeshState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "MeshState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/MeshView.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/QueryState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "QueryState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/GL/AbstractQuery.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/RendererState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "RendererState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/PixelStorage.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/ShaderProgramState.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include "ShaderProgramState.h"
 
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/GL/AbstractShaderProgram.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/ShaderState.cpp

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 /* Needed only for Emscripten+pthread- / Windows+Intel-specific workarounds,
    but I won't bother crafting the preprocessor logic for this. */
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Shader.h"
 

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/TextureState.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "TextureState.h"
 
 #include <tuple>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Assert.h>
 
 #include "Magnum/GL/AbstractTexture.h"

src/Magnum/GL/Implementation/driverSpecific.cpp

@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
     DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
-#include <cstring>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
-#include <algorithm>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/GrowableArray.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-#include <Corrade/Utility/DebugStl.h>
 
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"
@@ -37,14 +34,16 @@ namespace Magnum { namespace GL {
 
 namespace {
 
-/* Search the code for the following strings to see where they are implemented. */
+using namespace Containers::Literals;
-const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
+
+/* Search the code for the following strings to see where they are implemented */
+constexpr Containers::StringView KnownWorkarounds[]{
 /* [workarounds] */
 #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
 /* ANGLE's shader linker insists on returning a message consisting of a
    single newline on success, causing annoying noise in the console. Similar to
    "intel-windows-chatty-shader-compiler". */
-"angle-chatty-shader-compiler",
+"angle-chatty-shader-compiler"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES)
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    data modification on *any* buffer, which would have extreme perf
    implications. So FORTUNATELY unbinding the textures worked around this too,
    and is a much nicer workaround after all. */
-"apple-buffer-texture-unbind-on-buffer-modify",
+"apple-buffer-texture-unbind-on-buffer-modify"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_ANDROID) && defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES)
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    running from the Android shell (through ADB). No such error happens in an
    APK. Detecting using the $SHELL environment variable and disabling
    GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query in that case. */
-"arm-mali-timer-queries-oom-in-shell",
+"arm-mali-timer-queries-oom-in-shell"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS)
@@ -90,30 +89,30 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    svga3d-texture-upload-slice-by-slice workaround. The compressed image up/
    download is affected as well, but we lack APIs for easy format-dependent
    slicing and offset calculation, so those currently still fail. */
-"amd-windows-cubemap-image3d-slice-by-slice",
+"amd-windows-cubemap-image3d-slice-by-slice"_s,
 
 /* AMD Windows drivers have broken the DSA glCopyTextureSubImage3D(), returning
    GL_INVALID_VALUE. The non-DSA code path works. */
-"amd-windows-broken-dsa-cubemap-copy",
+"amd-windows-broken-dsa-cubemap-copy"_s,
 
 /* AMD Windows glCreateQueries() works for everything except
    GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_[STREAM_]OVERFLOW, probably they just forgot to adapt
    it to this new GL 4.6 addition. Calling the non-DSA code path in that case
    instead. Similar to "mesa-dsa-createquery-except-pipeline-stats". */
-"amd-windows-dsa-createquery-except-xfb-overflow",
+"amd-windows-dsa-createquery-except-xfb-overflow"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE)
 /* Creating core context with specific version on AMD and NV proprietary
    drivers on Linux/Windows and Intel drivers on Windows causes the context to
    be forced to given version instead of selecting latest available version */
-"no-forward-compatible-core-context",
+"no-forward-compatible-core-context"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS)
 /* On Windows Intel drivers ARB_shading_language_420pack is exposed in GLSL
    even though the extension (e.g. binding keyword) is not supported */
-"intel-windows-glsl-exposes-unsupported-shading-language-420pack",
+"intel-windows-glsl-exposes-unsupported-shading-language-420pack"_s,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
@@ -121,12 +120,12 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    ARB_pipeline_statistics_query, probably just forgotten. Calling the non-DSA
    code path in that case instead. Similar to
    "amd-windows-dsa-createquery-except-xfb-overflow". */
-"mesa-dsa-createquery-except-pipeline-stats",
+"mesa-dsa-createquery-except-pipeline-stats"_s,
 
 /* Forward-compatible GL contexts on Mesa still report line width range as
    [1, 7], but setting wide line width fails. According to the specs the max
    value on forward compatible contexts should be 1.0, so patching it. */
-"mesa-forward-compatible-line-width-range",
+"mesa-forward-compatible-line-width-range"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS)
@@ -135,31 +134,31 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    arrays are not in scope anymore. Enabling *synchronous* debug output
    circumvents this bug. Can be triggered by running TransformFeedbackGLTest
    with GL_KHR_debug extension disabled. */
-"nv-windows-dangling-transform-feedback-varying-names",
+"nv-windows-dangling-transform-feedback-varying-names"_s,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
 /* Layout qualifier causes compiler error with GLSL 1.20 on Mesa, GLSL 1.30 on
    NVidia and 1.40 on macOS. Everything is fine when using a newer GLSL
    version. */
-"no-layout-qualifiers-on-old-glsl",
+"no-layout-qualifiers-on-old-glsl"_s,
 
 /* NVidia drivers (358.16) report compressed block size from internal format
    query in bits instead of bytes */
-"nv-compressed-block-size-in-bits",
+"nv-compressed-block-size-in-bits"_s,
 
 /* NVidia drivers (358.16) report different compressed image size for cubemaps
    based on whether the texture is immutable or not and not based on whether
    I'm querying all faces (ARB_DSA) or a single face (non-DSA, EXT_DSA) */
-"nv-cubemap-inconsistent-compressed-image-size",
+"nv-cubemap-inconsistent-compressed-image-size"_s,
 
 /* NVidia drivers (358.16) return only the first slice of compressed cube map
    image when querying all six slices using the ARB_DSA API */
-"nv-cubemap-broken-full-compressed-image-query",
+"nv-cubemap-broken-full-compressed-image-query"_s,
 
 /* NVidia drivers return 0 when asked for GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, so it needs
    to be worked around by asking for GL_ARB_compatibility */
-"nv-zero-context-profile-mask",
+"nv-zero-context-profile-mask"_s,
 
 /* (Headless) EGL contexts for desktop GL on NVidia 384 and 390 drivers don't
    have correct statically linked GL 1.0 and 1.1 functions (such as
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    eglGetProcAddress(). Doesn't seem to happen on pre-384 and 396, but it's not
    possible to get driver version through EGL, so enabling this unconditionally
    on all EGL NV contexts. */
-"nv-egl-incorrect-gl11-function-pointers",
+"nv-egl-incorrect-gl11-function-pointers"_s,
 
 /* On NV driver 450.80.02, eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT() segfaults when querying
    GPUs that the user does not have access to (i.e. via cgroup). Instead,
@@ -175,19 +174,19 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    error that can be retrieved via eglGetError() to see if the user has access
    to that device. On well-behaved driver versions, eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT()
    returns false instead of segfaulting. */
-"nv-egl-crashy-query-device-attrib",
+"nv-egl-crashy-query-device-attrib"_s,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
 /* SVGA3D (VMware host GL driver) glDrawArrays() draws nothing when the vertex
    buffer memory is initialized using glNamedBufferData() from ARB_DSA. Using
    the non-DSA glBufferData() works. */
-"svga3d-broken-dsa-bufferdata",
+"svga3d-broken-dsa-bufferdata"_s,
 
 /* SVGA3D does out-of-bound writes in some cases of glGetTexSubImage(), leading
    to memory corruption on client machines. That's nasty, so the whole
    ARB_get_texture_sub_image is disabled. */
-"svga3d-gettexsubimage-oob-write",
+"svga3d-gettexsubimage-oob-write"_s,
 #endif
 
 /* SVGA3D has broken handling of glTex[ture][Sub]Image*D() for 1D arrays, 2D
@@ -196,25 +195,25 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    with buffer images. Seems to be fixed in Mesa 13, but I have no such system
    to verify that on.
    https://github.com/mesa3d/mesa/commit/2aa9ff0cda1f6ad97c83d5583fab7a84efabe19e */
-"svga3d-texture-upload-slice-by-slice",
+"svga3d-texture-upload-slice-by-slice"_s,
 
 #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN) && defined(__EMSCRIPTEN_PTHREADS__)
 /* Shader sources containing UTF-8 characters are converted to empty strings
    when running on Emscripten with -s USE_PTHREADS=1. Working around that by
    replacing all chars > 127 with spaces. Relevant code:
    https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/blob/7f89560101843198787530731f40a65288f6f15f/src/fetch-worker.js#L54-L58 */
-"emscripten-pthreads-broken-unicode-shader-sources",
+"emscripten-pthreads-broken-unicode-shader-sources"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
 /* Empty EGL_CONTEXT_FLAGS_KHR cause SwiftShader 3.3.0.1 to fail context
    creation with EGL_BAD_ATTRIBUTE. Not sending the flags then. Relevant code:
    https://github.com/google/swiftshader/blob/5fb5e817a20d3e60f29f7338493f922b5ac9d7c4/src/OpenGL/libEGL/libEGL.cpp#L794-L810 */
-"swiftshader-no-empty-egl-context-flags",
+"swiftshader-no-empty-egl-context-flags"_s,
 
 /* SwiftShader 3.3.0.1 crashes deep inside eglMakeCurrent() when using
    EGL_NO_SURFACE. Supplying a 32x32 PBuffer to work around that. */
-"swiftshader-egl-context-needs-pbuffer",
+"swiftshader-egl-context-needs-pbuffer"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
@@ -225,14 +224,14 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    ES3. OTOH, glVertexAttribDivisor is there for both ANGLE and EXT. Relevant
    code: https://github.com/google/swiftshader/blob/ad5c2952ca88730c07e04f6f1566194b66860c26/src/OpenGL/libGLESv2/libGLESv2.cpp#L6352-L6357
    Disabling the two extensions on ES2 contexts to avoid nullptr crashes. */
-"swiftshader-no-es2-draw-instanced-entrypoints",
+"swiftshader-no-es2-draw-instanced-entrypoints"_s,
 
 /* SwiftShader 4.1.0 on ES2 contexts reports GL_OES_texture_3D but from all its
    entrypoints only glTexImage3DOES is present, all others are present only in
    the ES3 unsuffixed versions. Relevant code:
    https://github.com/google/swiftshader/blob/ad5c2952ca88730c07e04f6f1566194b66860c26/src/OpenGL/libGLESv2/libGLESv2.cpp#L6504
    Disabling the extension on ES2 contexts to avoid nullptr crashes. */
-"swiftshader-no-es2-oes-texture-3d-entrypoints",
+"swiftshader-no-es2-oes-texture-3d-entrypoints"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
@@ -242,14 +241,14 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    otherwise. No other driver does that. As a workaround, setting
    Buffer::TargetHint::TransformFeedback will make it use
    Buffer::TargetHint::Array instead, as that works okay. */
-"swiftshader-broken-xfb-buffer-binding-target",
+"swiftshader-broken-xfb-buffer-binding-target"_s,
 
 /* SwiftShader 4.1.0 does implement gl_VertexID for ES3 contexts, but in
    practice it doesn't work, returning a constant value. In order to make this
    easier to check, there's a dummy MAGNUM_shader_vertex_id extension that's
    defined on all GL 3.0+ and GLES 3.0+ / WebGL 2+ contexts *except* for
    SwiftShader. */
-"swiftshader-broken-shader-vertex-id",
+"swiftshader-broken-shader-vertex-id"_s,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    bound for reading. Relevant code:
    https://github.com/mesa3d/mesa/blob/212c0c630a849e4737e2808a993d708cbb2f18f7/src/mesa/main/framebuffer.c#L841-L843
    Workaround is to explicitly bind the framebuffer for reading. */
-"mesa-implementation-color-read-format-dsa-explicit-binding",
+"mesa-implementation-color-read-format-dsa-explicit-binding"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS)
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    glGetInteger() is actually able to return a correct value in *one
    circumstance*, it's preferrable to the other random shit the driver is
    doing. */
-"intel-windows-implementation-color-read-format-completely-broken",
+"intel-windows-implementation-color-read-format-completely-broken"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && defined(CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS)
@@ -306,8 +305,8 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
      on DSA that's not there. It's clearly Intel drivers fault.
    - With both enabled, things seem to be fine, and I hope it stays that way
      also for future driver updates. */
-"intel-windows-crazy-broken-buffer-dsa",
+"intel-windows-crazy-broken-buffer-dsa"_s,
-"intel-windows-crazy-broken-vao-dsa",
+"intel-windows-crazy-broken-vao-dsa"_s,
 
 /* ARB_direct_state_access implementation on Intel Windows drivers has broken
    *everything* related to cube map textures (but not cube map arrays) -- data
@@ -315,37 +314,37 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    complaining about "Wrong <func> 6 provided for <target> 34067" and similar
    (GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP is 34067). Using the non-DSA code paths as a
    workaround (for the 3D image up/download as well). */
-"intel-windows-broken-dsa-for-cubemaps",
+"intel-windows-broken-dsa-for-cubemaps"_s,
 
 /* DSA glBindTextureUnit() on Intel Windows drivers simply doesn't work when
    passing 0 to it. Non-zero IDs work correctly except for cube maps. Using the
    non-DSA code path for unbinding and cube maps as a workaround. */
-"intel-windows-half-baked-dsa-texture-bind",
+"intel-windows-half-baked-dsa-texture-bind"_s,
 
 /* DSA glNamedFramebufferTexture() on Intel Windows drivers doesn't work for
    layered cube map array attachments. Non-layered or non-array cube map
    attachment works. Using the non-DSA code path as a workaround. */
-"intel-windows-broken-dsa-layered-cubemap-array-framebuffer-attachment",
+"intel-windows-broken-dsa-layered-cubemap-array-framebuffer-attachment"_s,
 
 /* DSA glClearNamedFramebuffer*() on Intel Windows drivers doesn't do anything.
    Using the non-DSA code path as a workaournd. */
-"intel-windows-broken-dsa-framebuffer-clear",
+"intel-windows-broken-dsa-framebuffer-clear"_s,
 
 /* Using DSA glCreateQueries() on Intel Windows drivers breaks
    glBeginQueryIndexed(). Using the non-DSA glGenQueries() instead makes it
    work properly. See TransformFeedbackGLTest for a test. */
-"intel-windows-broken-dsa-indexed-queries",
+"intel-windows-broken-dsa-indexed-queries"_s,
 
 /* DSA-ified "vertex layout" glVertexArrayAttribIFormat() is broken when
    passing shorts instead of full 32bit ints. Using the old-style
    glVertexAttribIPointer() works correctly. No idea if the non-DSA
    glVertexAttribIFormat() works or not. A test that triggers this issue is in
    MeshGLTest::addVertexBufferIntWithShort(). */
-"intel-windows-broken-dsa-integer-vertex-attributes",
+"intel-windows-broken-dsa-integer-vertex-attributes"_s,
 
 /* Shader compiler on Intel Windows drivers insists on telling me "No errors."
    when it should just stay silent. See also "angle-chatty-shader-compiler". */
-"intel-windows-chatty-shader-compiler",
+"intel-windows-chatty-shader-compiler"_s,
 
 /* When using more than just a vertex and fragment shader (geometry shader,
    e.g.), ARB_explicit_uniform_location on Intel silently uses wrong
@@ -359,7 +358,7 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    location 1, setting color to location 2 didn't work, ending up with a
    Generic error again (driver version 27). Because this is impossible to
    prevent, the extension is completely disabled on all Intel Windows drivers. */
-"intel-windows-explicit-uniform-location-is-less-explicit-than-you-hoped",
+"intel-windows-explicit-uniform-location-is-less-explicit-than-you-hoped"_s,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
@@ -367,13 +366,13 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    GL_IMPLEMENTATION_COLOR_READ_FORMAT and _TYPE is queried using
    glGetNamedFramebufferParameter(). Using either glGetInteger() or
    glGetFramebufferParameter() works correctly. */
-"nv-implementation-color-read-format-dsa-broken",
+"nv-implementation-color-read-format-dsa-broken"_s,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
 /* ApiTrace needs an explicit initial glViewport() call to initialize its
    framebuffer size, otherwise it assumes it's zero-sized. */
-"apitrace-zero-initial-viewport",
+"apitrace-zero-initial-viewport"_s,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2)
@@ -386,11 +385,29 @@ const char* KnownWorkarounds[]{
    https://www.khronos.org/webgl/public-mailing-list/public_webgl/1705/msg00015.php
    and https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/pull/9652 for the
    Emscripten-side part of this workaround. */
-"firefox-fake-disjoint-timer-query-webgl2",
+"firefox-fake-disjoint-timer-query-webgl2"_s,
 #endif
 /* [workarounds] */
 };
 
+/* I could use std::find(), right? Well, it'd be a whole lot more typing and
+   an #include <algorithm> *and* #include <iterator> or whatever as well,
+   because apparently ONE CAN'T GET std::begin() / std::end() without including
+   tens thousands lines of irrelevant shit, FFS.
+
+   Also the comparison to array end to discover if it wasn't found is just a
+   useless verbose crap shit as well, so we'll do better here and return a null
+   view instead.
+
+   Since the workaround list isn't really huge for an average platform (16 on
+   Linux, Windows probably ~30?) and there's very few used heavily, I won't
+   bother with some binary search, which needs extra testing effort. */
+Containers::StringView findWorkaround(Containers::StringView workaround) {
+    for(Containers::StringView i: KnownWorkarounds)
+        if(workaround == i) return i;
+    return {};
+}
+
 }
 
 auto Context::detectedDriver() -> DetectedDrivers {
@@ -398,33 +415,33 @@ auto Context::detectedDriver() -> DetectedDrivers {
 
     _detectedDrivers = DetectedDrivers{};
 
-    const std::string renderer = rendererString();
+    const Containers::StringView renderer = rendererString();
-    const std::string vendor = vendorString();
+    const Containers::StringView vendor = vendorString();
-    const std::string version = versionString();
+    const Containers::StringView version = versionString();
 
     /* Apple has its own drivers */
     #if !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
     /* AMD binary desktop drivers */
-    if(vendor.find("ATI Technologies Inc.") != std::string::npos)
+    if(vendor.contains("ATI Technologies Inc."_s))
         return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::Amd;
 
     #ifdef CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS
     /* Intel Windows drivers */
-    if(vendor.find("Intel") != std::string::npos)
+    if(vendor.contains("Intel"_s))
         return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::IntelWindows;
     #endif
 
     /* Mesa drivers */
-    if(version.find("Mesa") != std::string::npos) {
+    if(version.contains("Mesa"_s)) {
         *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::Mesa;
 
-        if(renderer.find("SVGA3D") != std::string::npos)
+        if(renderer.contains("SVGA3D"_s))
             *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::Svga3D;
 
         return *_detectedDrivers;
     }
 
-    if(vendor.find("NVIDIA Corporation") != std::string::npos)
+    if(vendor.contains("NVIDIA Corporation"_s))
         return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::NVidia;
     #endif
 
@@ -433,53 +450,63 @@ auto Context::detectedDriver() -> DetectedDrivers {
     /* ANGLE. Can detect easily on ES, have to resort to hacks on WebGL.
        Sources: http://stackoverflow.com/a/20149090 + http://webglreport.com */
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
-    if(renderer.find("ANGLE") != std::string::npos)
+    if(renderer.contains("ANGLE"_s))
         return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::Angle;
     #else
     {
         Range1Di range;
         glGetIntegerv(GL_ALIASED_LINE_WIDTH_RANGE, range.data());
-        if(range.min() == 1 && range.max() == 1 && vendor != "Internet Explorer")
+        if(range.min() == 1 && range.max() == 1 && vendor != "Internet Explorer"_s)
             return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::Angle;
     }
     #endif
 
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
     /* SwiftShader */
-    if(renderer.find("SwiftShader") != std::string::npos)
+    if(renderer.contains("SwiftShader"_s))
         return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::SwiftShader;
     #endif
     #endif
 
     #ifdef CORRADE_TARGET_ANDROID
-    if(vendor.find("ARM") != std::string::npos && renderer.find("Mali") != std::string::npos)
+    if(vendor.contains("ARM"_s) && renderer.contains("Mali"_s))
         return *_detectedDrivers |= DetectedDriver::ArmMali;
     #endif
 
     return *_detectedDrivers;
 }
 
-void Context::disableDriverWorkaround(const std::string& workaround) {
+void Context::disableDriverWorkaround(const Containers::StringView workaround) {
+    /* Find the workaround. Note that we'll add the found view to the array
+       and not the passed view, as the found view is guaranteed to stay in
+       scope */
+    const Containers::StringView found = findWorkaround(workaround);
+
     /* Ignore unknown workarounds */
     /** @todo this will probably cause false positives when both GL and Vulkan
         is used together? */
-    if(std::find(std::begin(KnownWorkarounds), std::end(KnownWorkarounds), workaround) == std::end(KnownWorkarounds)) {
+    if(found.isEmpty()) {
-        Warning() << "GL: unknown workaround" << workaround;
+        Warning{} << "GL: unknown workaround" << workaround;
         return;
     }
-    _driverWorkarounds.emplace_back(workaround, true);
+
+    arrayAppend(_driverWorkarounds, Containers::InPlaceInit, found, true);
 }
 
-bool Context::isDriverWorkaroundDisabled(const char* workaround) {
+bool Context::isDriverWorkaroundDisabled(const Containers::StringView workaround) {
-    CORRADE_INTERNAL_ASSERT(std::find_if(std::begin(KnownWorkarounds), std::end(KnownWorkarounds), [&](const char* a) {
+    /* Find the workaround. Note that we'll add the found view to the array
-        return std::strcmp(a, workaround) == 0;
+       and not the passed view, as the found view is guaranteed to stay in
-    }) != std::end(KnownWorkarounds));
+       scope */
+    Containers::StringView found = findWorkaround(workaround);
+    CORRADE_INTERNAL_ASSERT(!found.isEmpty());
 
     /* If the workaround was already asked for or disabled, return its state,
-       otherwise add it to the list as used one */
+       otherwise add it to the list as used one. Here we again cheat a bit and
+       compare just data pointers instead of the whole string as we store only
+       the views in the KnownWorkarounds list. */
     for(const auto& i: _driverWorkarounds)
-        if(i.first == workaround) return i.second;
+        if(i.first.data() == found.data()) return i.second;
-    _driverWorkarounds.emplace_back(workaround, false);
+    arrayAppend(_driverWorkarounds, Containers::InPlaceInit, found, false);
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -489,17 +516,17 @@ void Context::setupDriverWorkarounds() {
             _extensionRequiredVersion[Extensions::extension::Index] = Version::version
 
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
-    if(!isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("no-layout-qualifiers-on-old-glsl")) {
+    if(!isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("no-layout-qualifiers-on-old-glsl"_s)) {
         _setRequiredVersion(ARB::explicit_attrib_location, GL320);
         _setRequiredVersion(ARB::explicit_uniform_location, GL320);
         _setRequiredVersion(ARB::shading_language_420pack, GL320);
     }
 
     #ifdef CORRADE_TARGET_WINDOWS
-    if((detectedDriver() & DetectedDriver::IntelWindows) && !isExtensionSupported<Extensions::ARB::shading_language_420pack>() && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("intel-windows-glsl-exposes-unsupported-shading-language-420pack"))
+    if((detectedDriver() & DetectedDriver::IntelWindows) && !isExtensionSupported<Extensions::ARB::shading_language_420pack>() && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("intel-windows-glsl-exposes-unsupported-shading-language-420pack"_s))
         _setRequiredVersion(ARB::shading_language_420pack, None);
 
-    if((detectedDriver() & DetectedDriver::IntelWindows) && isExtensionSupported<Extensions::ARB::explicit_uniform_location>() && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("intel-windows-explicit-uniform-location-is-less-explicit-than-you-hoped")) {
+    if((detectedDriver() & DetectedDriver::IntelWindows) && isExtensionSupported<Extensions::ARB::explicit_uniform_location>() && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("intel-windows-explicit-uniform-location-is-less-explicit-than-you-hoped"_s)) {
         _setRequiredVersion(ARB::explicit_uniform_location, None);
     }
     #endif
@@ -508,7 +535,7 @@ void Context::setupDriverWorkarounds() {
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
     if((detectedDriver() & DetectedDriver::Svga3D) &&
        isExtensionSupported<Extensions::ARB::get_texture_sub_image>() &&
-       !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("svga3d-gettexsubimage-oob-write"))
+       !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("svga3d-gettexsubimage-oob-write"_s))
         _setRequiredVersion(ARB::get_texture_sub_image, None);
     #endif
 
@@ -516,26 +543,26 @@ void Context::setupDriverWorkarounds() {
     if(detectedDriver() & Context::DetectedDriver::SwiftShader) {
         if((isExtensionSupported<Extensions::ANGLE::instanced_arrays>() ||
             isExtensionSupported<Extensions::EXT::instanced_arrays>()) &&
-           !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("swiftshader-no-es2-draw-instanced-entrypoints")) {
+           !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("swiftshader-no-es2-draw-instanced-entrypoints"_s)) {
             _setRequiredVersion(ANGLE::instanced_arrays, None);
             _setRequiredVersion(EXT::instanced_arrays, None);
         }
 
         if(isExtensionSupported<Extensions::OES::texture_3D>() &&
-           !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("swiftshader-no-es2-oes-texture-3d-entrypoints"))
+           !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("swiftshader-no-es2-oes-texture-3d-entrypoints"_s))
             _setRequiredVersion(OES::texture_3D, None);
     }
     #endif
 
     #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL)
     if((detectedDriver() & Context::DetectedDriver::SwiftShader) &&
-       !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("swiftshader-broken-shader-vertex-id"))
+       !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("swiftshader-broken-shader-vertex-id"_s))
         _setRequiredVersion(MAGNUM::shader_vertex_id, None);
     #endif
 
     #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_ANDROID) && defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES)
     if((detectedDriver() & Context::DetectedDriver::ArmMali) &&
-        std::getenv("SHELL") && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("arm-mali-timer-queries-oom-in-shell"))
+        std::getenv("SHELL") && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("arm-mali-timer-queries-oom-in-shell"_s))
         _setRequiredVersion(EXT::disjoint_timer_query, None);
     #endif
 
@@ -565,7 +592,7 @@ void Context::setupDriverWorkarounds() {
 
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
     if(isExtensionSupported<Extensions::GREMEDY::string_marker>() &&
-       !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("apitrace-zero-initial-viewport")) {
+       !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("apitrace-zero-initial-viewport"_s)) {
         GLint viewport[4];
         glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewport);
         glViewport(viewport[0], viewport[1], viewport[2], viewport[3]);
@@ -573,9 +600,9 @@ void Context::setupDriverWorkarounds() {
     #endif
 
     #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL) && !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2)
-    if(rendererString() == "Mozilla") {
+    if(rendererString() == "Mozilla"_s) {
         for(const auto& extension: extensionStrings()) {
-            if(extension == "GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query" && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("firefox-fake-disjoint-timer-query-webgl2")) {
+            if(extension == "GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query"_s && !isDriverWorkaroundDisabled("firefox-fake-disjoint-timer-query-webgl2"_s)) {
                 _extensionStatus.set(Extensions::EXT::disjoint_timer_query_webgl2::Index, true);
             }
         }

src/Magnum/GL/Test/ContextGLTest.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 */
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
+#include <Corrade/TestSuite/Compare/Numeric.h>
 
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #include "Magnum/GL/Extensions.h"
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ namespace Magnum { namespace GL { namespace Test { namespace {
 struct ContextGLTest: OpenGLTester {
     explicit ContextGLTest();
 
+    void stringFlags();
+
     void makeCurrent();
 
     #ifndef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ struct ContextGLTest: OpenGLTester {
 
 ContextGLTest::ContextGLTest() {
     addTests({
+        &ContextGLTest::stringFlags,
+
         &ContextGLTest::makeCurrent,
 
         #ifndef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
@@ -71,6 +77,45 @@ ContextGLTest::ContextGLTest() {
         &ContextGLTest::isExtensionDisabled});
 }
 
+void ContextGLTest::stringFlags() {
+    Context& context = Context::current();
+
+    CORRADE_VERIFY(!context.vendorString().isEmpty());
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(context.vendorString().flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global|Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated);
+
+    CORRADE_VERIFY(!context.rendererString().isEmpty());
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(context.rendererString().flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global|Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated);
+
+    CORRADE_VERIFY(!context.versionString().isEmpty());
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(context.versionString().flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global|Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated);
+
+    CORRADE_VERIFY(!context.shadingLanguageVersionString().isEmpty());
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(context.shadingLanguageVersionString().flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global|Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated);
+
+    for(Containers::StringView languageVersion: context.shadingLanguageVersionStrings()) {
+        /* One of these might be empty */
+        CORRADE_COMPARE(languageVersion.flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global|Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated);
+    }
+
+    for(Containers::StringView extension: context.extensionStrings()) {
+        CORRADE_VERIFY(!extension.isEmpty());
+
+        /* On GL 2.1 and GLES2 the extensions are split from a long string and
+           thus aren't all null-terminated, only the last one */
+        #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
+        if(context.isVersionSupported(Version::GL300))
+        #else
+        if(context.isVersionSupported(Version::GLES300))
+        #endif
+        {
+            CORRADE_COMPARE(extension.flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global|Containers::StringViewFlag::NullTerminated);
+        } else {
+            CORRADE_COMPARE_AS(extension.flags(), Containers::StringViewFlag::Global,
+                TestSuite::Compare::GreaterOrEqual);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void ContextGLTest::makeCurrent() {
     CORRADE_VERIFY(Context::hasCurrent());
 
@@ -166,7 +211,7 @@ void ContextGLTest::isExtensionSupported() {
         CORRADE_SKIP(Extensions::ARB::explicit_attrib_location::string() + std::string(" extension should be supported, can't test"));
 
     /* Test that we have proper extension list parser */
-    std::vector<std::string> extensions = Context::current().extensionStrings();
+    Containers::Array<Containers::StringView> extensions = Context::current().extensionStrings();
     CORRADE_VERIFY(std::find(extensions.begin(), extensions.end(),
         Extensions::EXT::texture_filter_anisotropic::string()) != extensions.end());
     CORRADE_VERIFY(std::find(extensions.begin(), extensions.end(),

src/Magnum/Platform/WindowlessGlxApplication.cpp

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "WindowlessGlxApplication.h"
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Assert.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Debug.h>
 

src/Magnum/Platform/WindowlessWglApplication.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "WindowlessWglApplication.h"
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Assert.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/Debug.h>
 

src/Magnum/Platform/gl-info.cpp

@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ class MagnumInfo: public Platform::WindowlessApplication {
         int exec() override { return 0; }
 };
 
+using namespace Containers::Literals;
+
 MagnumInfo::MagnumInfo(const Arguments& arguments): Platform::WindowlessApplication{arguments, NoCreate} {
     Utility::Arguments args;
     args.addBooleanOption('s', "short").setHelp("short", "display just essential info and exit")
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ MagnumInfo::MagnumInfo(const Arguments& arguments): Platform::WindowlessApplicat
     Debug{} << "Detected driver:" << c.detectedDriver();
 
     Debug{} << "Supported GLSL versions:";
-    Debug{} << "   " << Utility::String::joinWithoutEmptyParts(c.shadingLanguageVersionStrings(), ", ");
+    Debug{} << "   " << ", "_s.joinWithoutEmptyParts(c.shadingLanguageVersionStrings());
 
     if(args.isSet("extension-strings")) {
         Debug{} << "Extension strings:" << Debug::newline

src/Magnum/Shaders/Test/PhongGLTest.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/Optional.h>
 #include <Corrade/Containers/StridedArrayView.h>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include <Corrade/PluginManager/Manager.h>
 #include <Corrade/TestSuite/Compare/Numeric.h>
 #include <Corrade/Utility/DebugStl.h>
@@ -1246,13 +1247,13 @@ void PhongGLTest::renderShininess() {
             "ARM Mali has a much larger ring for the overflown shininess when it's exactly 0.");
         #endif
         #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
-        CORRADE_EXPECT_FAIL_IF(data.shininess == 0.0f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::Mesa) && GL::Context::current().rendererString().find("AMD") != std::string::npos,
+        CORRADE_EXPECT_FAIL_IF(data.shininess == 0.0f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::Mesa) && GL::Context::current().rendererString().contains("AMD"),
             "AMD Mesa drivers have a much larger ring for the overflown shininess when it's exactly 0.");
-        CORRADE_EXPECT_FAIL_IF(data.shininess <= 0.0011f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::Mesa) && GL::Context::current().rendererString().find("llvmpipe") != std::string::npos,
+        CORRADE_EXPECT_FAIL_IF(data.shininess <= 0.0011f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::Mesa) && GL::Context::current().rendererString().contains("llvmpipe"),
             "Mesa llvmpipe drivers have a much larger ring for the overflown shininess.");
         #endif
         #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_IOS)
-        CORRADE_EXPECT_FAIL_IF(data.shininess == 0.0f && GL::Context::current().rendererString().find("AMD") != std::string::npos,
+        CORRADE_EXPECT_FAIL_IF(data.shininess == 0.0f && GL::Context::current().rendererString().contains("AMD"),
             "AMD on macOS has a much larger ring for the overflown shininess when it's exactly 0.");
         #endif
         CORRADE_COMPARE_WITH(
@@ -1268,10 +1269,10 @@ void PhongGLTest::renderShininess() {
         || (data.shininess <= 0.0011f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::SwiftShader))
         #endif
         #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_WEBGL
-        || (data.shininess == 0.0f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::Mesa) && GL::Context::current().rendererString().find("AMD") != std::string::npos)
+        || (data.shininess == 0.0f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::Mesa) && GL::Context::current().rendererString().contains("AMD"))
         #endif
         #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_APPLE) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_IOS)
-        || (data.shininess == 0.0f && GL::Context::current().rendererString().find("AMD") != std::string::npos)
+        || (data.shininess == 0.0f && GL::Context::current().rendererString().contains("AMD"))
         #endif
         #if defined(CORRADE_TARGET_ANDROID) && defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2)
         || (data.shininess == 0.0f && (GL::Context::current().detectedDriver() & GL::Context::DetectedDriver::ArmMali))

src/MagnumExternal/OpenGL/GL/flextGLPlatform.cpp

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #ifdef MAGNUM_PLATFORM_USE_EGL
 #include <cstring>
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #endif
 

src/MagnumExternal/OpenGL/GL/flextGLPlatform.cpp.template

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #ifdef MAGNUM_PLATFORM_USE_EGL
 #include <cstring>
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
+#include <Corrade/Containers/StringView.h>
 #include "Magnum/GL/Context.h"
 #endif