Remove std::string alias (for real this time)

Also use std::string_view in a few more places.

50 files changed, 295 insertions, 214 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
index b3fd991a1..9226c4e19 100644
--- a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -385,8 +385,14 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::queryPathInfoUncached(const StorePath & storePath,
         }});
 }
 
-StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-    FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references)
+StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    const Path & srcPath,
+    FileIngestionMethod method,
+    HashType hashAlgo,
+    PathFilter & filter,
+    RepairFlag repair,
+    const StorePathSet & references)
 {
     /* FIXME: Make BinaryCacheStore::addToStoreCommon support
        non-recursive+sha256 so we can just use the default
@@ -418,8 +424,11 @@ StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath
     })->path;
 }
 
-StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-    const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair)
+StorePath BinaryCacheStore::addTextToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    std::string_view s,
+    const StorePathSet & references,
+    RepairFlag repair)
 {
     auto textHash = hashString(htSHA256, s);
     auto path = makeTextPath(name, textHash, references);
diff --git a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh
index 5b5d064f3..9603a8caa 100644
--- a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh
@@ -101,12 +101,20 @@ public:
     StorePath addToStoreFromDump(Source & dump, std::string_view name,
         FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override;
 
-    StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,
-        PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override;
-
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override;
+    StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        PathFilter & filter,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override;
+
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override;
 
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info) override;
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
index 27f8c6257..95da1841d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ DerivationGoal::~DerivationGoal()
 }
 
 
-string DerivationGoal::key()
+std::string DerivationGoal::key()
 {
     /* Ensure that derivations get built in order of their name,
        i.e. a derivation named "aardvark" always comes before
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
 
         /* Read the first line of input, which should be a word indicating
            whether the hook wishes to perform the build. */
-        string reply;
+        std::string reply;
         while (true) {
             auto s = [&]() {
                 try {
@@ -1025,8 +1025,8 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
             }();
             if (handleJSONLogMessage(s, worker.act, worker.hook->activities, true))
                 ;
-            else if (string(s, 0, 2) == "# ") {
-                reply = string(s, 2);
+            else if (s.substr(0, 2) == "# ") {
+                reply = s.substr(2);
                 break;
             }
             else {
@@ -1140,10 +1140,10 @@ Path DerivationGoal::openLogFile()
         logDir = localStore->logDir;
     else
         logDir = settings.nixLogDir;
-    Path dir = fmt("%s/%s/%s/", logDir, LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir, string(baseName, 0, 2));
+    Path dir = fmt("%s/%s/%s/", logDir, LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir, baseName.substr(0, 2));
     createDirs(dir);
 
-    Path logFileName = fmt("%s/%s%s", dir, string(baseName, 2),
+    Path logFileName = fmt("%s/%s%s", dir, baseName.substr(2),
         settings.compressLog ? ".bz2" : "");
 
     fdLogFile = open(logFileName.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC, 0666);
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ bool DerivationGoal::isReadDesc(int fd)
 }
 
 
-void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+void DerivationGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data)
 {
     if (isReadDesc(fd))
     {
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.hh b/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.hh
index e112542c7..d947482ef 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.hh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct DerivationGoal : public Goal
 
     void timedOut(Error && ex) override;
 
-    string key() override;
+    std::string key() override;
 
     void work() override;
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ struct DerivationGoal : public Goal
     virtual bool isReadDesc(int fd);
 
     /* Callback used by the worker to write to the log. */
-    void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data) override;
+    void handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data) override;
     void handleEOF(int fd) override;
     void flushLine();
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.cc
index b9602e696..e6e810cdd 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void DrvOutputSubstitutionGoal::finished()
     amDone(ecSuccess);
 }
 
-string DrvOutputSubstitutionGoal::key()
+std::string DrvOutputSubstitutionGoal::key()
 {
     /* "a$" ensures substitution goals happen before derivation
        goals. */
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.hh b/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.hh
index 67ae2624a..948dbda8f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/build/drv-output-substitution-goal.hh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
 
     void timedOut(Error && ex) override { abort(); };
 
-    string key() override;
+    std::string key() override;
 
     void work() override;
     void handleEOF(int fd) override;
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/goal.cc
index 7c985128b..d2420b107 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/goal.cc
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace nix {
 
 
 bool CompareGoalPtrs::operator() (const GoalPtr & a, const GoalPtr & b) const {
-    string s1 = a->key();
-    string s2 = b->key();
+    std::string s1 = a->key();
+    std::string s2 = b->key();
     return s1 < s2;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/goal.hh b/src/libstore/build/goal.hh
index 0db0c1938..68e08bdf9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/goal.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/build/goal.hh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
     unsigned int nrIncompleteClosure;
 
     /* Name of this goal for debugging purposes. */
-    string name;
+    std::string name;
 
     /* Whether the goal is finished. */
     ExitCode exitCode;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
 
     virtual void waiteeDone(GoalPtr waitee, ExitCode result);
 
-    virtual void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+    virtual void handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data)
     {
         abort();
     }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
 
     void trace(const FormatOrString & fs);
 
-    string getName()
+    std::string getName()
     {
         return name;
     }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct Goal : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Goal>
        by the worker (important!), etc. */
     virtual void timedOut(Error && ex) = 0;
 
-    virtual string key() = 0;
+    virtual std::string key() = 0;
 
     void amDone(ExitCode result, std::optional<Error> ex = {});
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
index 8861d2c7b..220f80602 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.cc
@@ -481,12 +481,12 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
            temporary build directory.  The text files have the format used
            by `nix-store --register-validity'.  However, the deriver
            fields are left empty. */
-        string s = get(drv->env, "exportReferencesGraph").value_or("");
+        auto s = get(drv->env, "exportReferencesGraph").value_or("");
         Strings ss = tokenizeString<Strings>(s);
         if (ss.size() % 2 != 0)
             throw BuildError("odd number of tokens in 'exportReferencesGraph': '%1%'", s);
         for (Strings::iterator i = ss.begin(); i != ss.end(); ) {
-            string fileName = *i++;
+            auto fileName = *i++;
             static std::regex regex("[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*");
             if (!std::regex_match(fileName, regex))
                 throw Error("invalid file name '%s' in 'exportReferencesGraph'", fileName);
@@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                 i.pop_back();
             }
             size_t p = i.find('=');
-            if (p == string::npos)
+            if (p == std::string::npos)
                 dirsInChroot[i] = {i, optional};
             else
-                dirsInChroot[string(i, 0, p)] = {string(i, p + 1), optional};
+                dirsInChroot[i.substr(0, p)] = {i.substr(p + 1), optional};
         }
         dirsInChroot[tmpDirInSandbox] = tmpDir;
 
@@ -671,9 +671,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
         auto state = stBegin;
         auto lines = runProgram(settings.preBuildHook, false, args);
         auto lastPos = std::string::size_type{0};
-        for (auto nlPos = lines.find('\n'); nlPos != string::npos;
-                nlPos = lines.find('\n', lastPos)) {
-            auto line = std::string{lines, lastPos, nlPos - lastPos};
+        for (auto nlPos = lines.find('\n'); nlPos != std::string::npos;
+                nlPos = lines.find('\n', lastPos))
+        {
+            auto line = lines.substr(lastPos, nlPos - lastPos);
             lastPos = nlPos + 1;
             if (state == stBegin) {
                 if (line == "extra-sandbox-paths" || line == "extra-chroot-dirs") {
@@ -686,10 +687,10 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                     state = stBegin;
                 } else {
                     auto p = line.find('=');
-                    if (p == string::npos)
+                    if (p == std::string::npos)
                         dirsInChroot[line] = line;
                     else
-                        dirsInChroot[string(line, 0, p)] = string(line, p + 1);
+                        dirsInChroot[line.substr(0, p)] = line.substr(p + 1);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -941,7 +942,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     /* Check if setting up the build environment failed. */
     std::vector<std::string> msgs;
     while (true) {
-        string msg = [&]() {
+        std::string msg = [&]() {
             try {
                 return readLine(builderOut.readSide.get());
             } catch (Error & e) {
@@ -953,8 +954,8 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                 throw;
             }
         }();
-        if (string(msg, 0, 1) == "\2") break;
-        if (string(msg, 0, 1) == "\1") {
+        if (msg.substr(0, 1) == "\2") break;
+        if (msg.substr(0, 1) == "\1") {
             FdSource source(builderOut.readSide.get());
             auto ex = readError(source);
             ex.addTrace({}, "while setting up the build environment");
@@ -990,7 +991,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::initTmpDir() {
                 env[i.first] = i.second;
             } else {
                 auto hash = hashString(htSHA256, i.first);
-                string fn = ".attr-" + hash.to_string(Base32, false);
+                std::string fn = ".attr-" + hash.to_string(Base32, false);
                 Path p = tmpDir + "/" + fn;
                 writeFile(p, rewriteStrings(i.second, inputRewrites));
                 chownToBuilder(p);
@@ -1081,7 +1082,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::writeStructuredAttrs()
         for (auto & [i, v] : json["outputs"].get<nlohmann::json::object_t>()) {
             /* The placeholder must have a rewrite, so we use it to cover both the
                cases where we know or don't know the output path ahead of time. */
-            rewritten[i] = rewriteStrings(v, inputRewrites);
+            rewritten[i] = rewriteStrings((std::string) v, inputRewrites);
         }
 
         json["outputs"] = rewritten;
@@ -1187,10 +1188,14 @@ struct RestrictedStore : public virtual RestrictedStoreConfig, public virtual Lo
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override
     { throw Error("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
 
-    StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
-        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair,
-        const StorePathSet & references = StorePathSet()) override
+    StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        PathFilter & filter,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override
     { throw Error("addToStore"); }
 
     void addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & narSource,
@@ -1200,17 +1205,24 @@ struct RestrictedStore : public virtual RestrictedStoreConfig, public virtual Lo
         goal.addDependency(info.path);
     }
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) override
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) override
     {
         auto path = next->addTextToStore(name, s, references, repair);
         goal.addDependency(path);
         return path;
     }
 
-    StorePath addToStoreFromDump(Source & dump, std::string_view name,
-        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair,
-        const StorePathSet & references = StorePathSet()) override
+    StorePath addToStoreFromDump(
+        Source & dump,
+        std::string_view name,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override
     {
         auto path = next->addToStoreFromDump(dump, name, method, hashAlgo, repair, references);
         goal.addDependency(path);
@@ -1992,7 +2004,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
             args.push_back(rewriteStrings(i, inputRewrites));
 
         /* Indicate that we managed to set up the build environment. */
-        writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, string("\2\n"));
+        writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, std::string("\2\n"));
 
         /* Execute the program.  This should not return. */
         if (drv->isBuiltin()) {
@@ -2010,7 +2022,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::runChild()
                 else if (drv->builder == "builtin:unpack-channel")
                     builtinUnpackChannel(drv2);
                 else
-                    throw Error("unsupported builtin builder '%1%'", string(drv->builder, 8));
+                    throw Error("unsupported builtin builder '%1%'", drv->builder.substr(8));
                 _exit(0);
             } catch (std::exception & e) {
                 writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, e.what() + std::string("\n"));
@@ -2694,7 +2706,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::checkOutputs(const std::map<Path, ValidPathInfo> & out
                     }
 
                 if (!badPaths.empty()) {
-                    string badPathsStr;
+                    std::string badPathsStr;
                     for (auto & i : badPaths) {
                         badPathsStr += "\n  ";
                         badPathsStr += worker.store.printStorePath(i);
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh
index bfdf91d89..2d1222d2f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/build/local-derivation-goal.hh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct LocalDerivationGoal : public DerivationGoal
     typedef map<Path, ChrootPath> DirsInChroot; // maps target path to source path
     DirsInChroot dirsInChroot;
 
-    typedef map<string, string> Environment;
+    typedef map<std::string, std::string> Environment;
     Environment env;
 
 #if __APPLE__
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.cc b/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.cc
index 5ecf1da7e..c1bb1941d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.cc
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void PathSubstitutionGoal::finished()
 }
 
 
-void PathSubstitutionGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data)
+void PathSubstitutionGoal::handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.hh b/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.hh
index 70c806d23..d8399d2a8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.hh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 
     void timedOut(Error && ex) override { abort(); };
 
-    string key() override
+    std::string key() override
     {
         /* "a$" ensures substitution goals happen before derivation
            goals. */
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public:
     void finished();
 
     /* Callback used by the worker to write to the log. */
-    void handleChildOutput(int fd, const string & data) override;
+    void handleChildOutput(int fd, std::string_view data) override;
     void handleEOF(int fd) override;
 
     void cleanup() override;
diff --git a/src/libstore/build/worker.cc b/src/libstore/build/worker.cc
index 0a6108233..f72c1cc9c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build/worker.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build/worker.cc
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ void Worker::waitForInput()
                 } else {
                     printMsg(lvlVomit, "%1%: read %2% bytes",
                         goal->getName(), rd);
-                    string data((char *) buffer.data(), rd);
+                    std::string data((char *) buffer.data(), rd);
                     j->lastOutput = after;
                     goal->handleChildOutput(k, data);
                 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc b/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc
index e88fc687a..25d015cb9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void buildProfile(const Path & out, Packages && pkgs)
         createLinks(state, pkgDir, out, priority);
 
         try {
-            for (const auto & p : tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(
+            for (const auto & p : tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(
                     readFile(pkgDir + "/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages"), " \n"))
                 if (!done.count(p))
                     postponed.insert(p);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void buildProfile(const Path & out, Packages && pkgs)
 
 void builtinBuildenv(const BasicDerivation & drv)
 {
-    auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc b/src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc
index 4fb5d8a06..af3dfc409 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
         writeFile(settings.netrcFile, netrcData, 0600);
     }
 
-    auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc b/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
index d18e3ddaf..426d58a53 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace nix {
 
 void builtinUnpackChannel(const BasicDerivation & drv)
 {
-    auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;
diff --git a/src/libstore/daemon.cc b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
index 1ddd1a4d5..2ba03f0dd 100644
--- a/src/libstore/daemon.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/daemon.cc
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
     }
 
     case wopAddTextToStore: {
-        string suffix = readString(from);
-        string s = readString(from);
+        std::string suffix = readString(from);
+        std::string s = readString(from);
         auto refs = worker_proto::read(*store, from, Phantom<StorePathSet> {});
         logger->startWork();
         auto path = store->addTextToStore(suffix, s, refs, NoRepair);
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ static void performOp(TunnelLogger * logger, ref<Store> store,
         if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(clientVersion) >= 12) {
             unsigned int n = readInt(from);
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-                string name = readString(from);
-                string value = readString(from);
+                auto name = readString(from);
+                auto value = readString(from);
                 clientSettings.overrides.emplace(name, value);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/libstore/derivations.cc b/src/libstore/derivations.cc
index 40af6a775..a49be0057 100644
--- a/src/libstore/derivations.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/derivations.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bool derivationIsImpure(DerivationType dt) {
 
 bool BasicDerivation::isBuiltin() const
 {
-    return string(builder, 0, 8) == "builtin:";
+    return builder.substr(0, 8) == "builtin:";
 }
 
 
@@ -104,19 +104,19 @@ StorePath writeDerivation(Store & store,
 
 
 /* Read string `s' from stream `str'. */
-static void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s)
+static void expect(std::istream & str, std::string_view s)
 {
     char s2[s.size()];
     str.read(s2, s.size());
-    if (string(s2, s.size()) != s)
+    if (std::string(s2, s.size()) != s)
         throw FormatError("expected string '%1%'", s);
 }
 
 
 /* Read a C-style string from stream `str'. */
-static string parseString(std::istream & str)
+static std::string parseString(std::istream & str)
 {
-    string res;
+    std::string res;
     expect(str, "\"");
     int c;
     while ((c = str.get()) != '"')
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static DerivationOutput parseDerivationOutput(const Store & store,
 {
     if (hashAlgo != "") {
         auto method = FileIngestionMethod::Flat;
-        if (string(hashAlgo, 0, 2) == "r:") {
+        if (hashAlgo.substr(0, 2) == "r:") {
             method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive;
             hashAlgo = hashAlgo.substr(2);
         }
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_vi
     /* Parse the environment variables. */
     expect(str, ",[");
     while (!endOfList(str)) {
-        expect(str, "("); string name = parseString(str);
-        expect(str, ","); string value = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, "("); auto name = parseString(str);
+        expect(str, ","); auto value = parseString(str);
         expect(str, ")");
         drv.env[name] = value;
     }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_vi
 }
 
 
-static void printString(string & res, std::string_view s)
+static void printString(std::string & res, std::string_view s)
 {
     boost::container::small_vector<char, 64 * 1024> buffer;
     buffer.reserve(s.size() * 2 + 2);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void printString(string & res, std::string_view s)
 }
 
 
-static void printUnquotedString(string & res, std::string_view s)
+static void printUnquotedString(std::string & res, std::string_view s)
 {
     res += '"';
     res.append(s);
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void printUnquotedString(string & res, std::string_view s)
 
 
 template<class ForwardIterator>
-static void printStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
+static void printStrings(std::string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
 {
     res += '[';
     bool first = true;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void printStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
 
 
 template<class ForwardIterator>
-static void printUnquotedStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
+static void printUnquotedStrings(std::string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterator j)
 {
     res += '[';
     bool first = true;
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ static void printUnquotedStrings(string & res, ForwardIterator i, ForwardIterato
 }
 
 
-string Derivation::unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
+std::string Derivation::unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
     std::map<std::string, StringSet> * actualInputs) const
 {
-    string s;
+    std::string s;
     s.reserve(65536);
     s += "Derive([";
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ string Derivation::unparse(const Store & store, bool maskOutputs,
 
 
 // FIXME: remove
-bool isDerivation(const string & fileName)
+bool isDerivation(const std::string & fileName)
 {
     return hasSuffix(fileName, drvExtension);
 }
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ std::map<std::string, Hash> staticOutputHashes(Store & store, const Derivation &
 }
 
 
-bool wantOutput(const string & output, const std::set<string> & wanted)
+bool wantOutput(const std::string & output, const std::set<std::string> & wanted)
 {
     return wanted.empty() || wanted.find(output) != wanted.end();
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/derivations.hh b/src/libstore/derivations.hh
index a644cec60..132de82b6 100644
--- a/src/libstore/derivations.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/derivations.hh
@@ -59,21 +59,19 @@ struct DerivationOutput
     std::optional<StorePath> path(const Store & store, std::string_view drvName, std::string_view outputName) const;
 };
 
-typedef std::map<string, DerivationOutput> DerivationOutputs;
+typedef std::map<std::string, DerivationOutput> DerivationOutputs;
 
 /* These are analogues to the previous DerivationOutputs data type, but they
    also contains, for each output, the (optional) store path in which it would
    be written. To calculate values of these types, see the corresponding
    functions in BasicDerivation */
-typedef std::map<string, std::pair<DerivationOutput, std::optional<StorePath>>>
+typedef std::map<std::string, std::pair<DerivationOutput, std::optional<StorePath>>>
   DerivationOutputsAndOptPaths;
 
 /* For inputs that are sub-derivations, we specify exactly which
    output IDs we are interested in. */
 typedef std::map<StorePath, StringSet> DerivationInputs;
 
-typedef std::map<string, string> StringPairs;
-
 enum struct DerivationType : uint8_t {
     InputAddressed,
     DeferredInputAddressed,
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ struct BasicDerivation
 {
     DerivationOutputs outputs; /* keyed on symbolic IDs */
     StorePathSet inputSrcs; /* inputs that are sources */
-    string platform;
+    std::string platform;
     Path builder;
     Strings args;
     StringPairs env;
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ StorePath writeDerivation(Store & store,
 Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_view name);
 
 // FIXME: remove
-bool isDerivation(const string & fileName);
+bool isDerivation(const std::string & fileName);
 
 /* Calculate the name that will be used for the store path for this
    output.
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ typedef std::map<StorePath, DrvHashModulo> DrvHashes;
 // FIXME: global, though at least thread-safe.
 extern Sync<DrvHashes> drvHashes;
 
-bool wantOutput(const string & output, const std::set<string> & wanted);
+bool wantOutput(const std::string & output, const std::set<std::string> & wanted);
 
 struct Source;
 struct Sink;
diff --git a/src/libstore/derived-path.cc b/src/libstore/derived-path.cc
index 3d188e981..194489580 100644
--- a/src/libstore/derived-path.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/derived-path.cc
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ DerivedPath::Built DerivedPath::Built::parse(const Store & store, std::string_vi
     assert(n != s.npos);
     auto drvPath = store.parseStorePath(s.substr(0, n));
     auto outputsS = s.substr(n + 1);
-    std::set<string> outputs;
+    std::set<std::string> outputs;
     if (outputsS != "*")
-        outputs = tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(outputsS, ",");
+        outputs = tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(outputsS, ",");
     return {drvPath, outputs};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc b/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
index 62dc21c59..b4fbe0b70 100644
--- a/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/dummy-store.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
         , Store(params)
     { }
 
-    string getUri() override
+    std::string getUri() override
     {
         return *uriSchemes().begin();
     }
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ struct DummyStore : public virtual DummyStoreConfig, public virtual Store
         RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override
     { unsupported("addToStore"); }
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override
     { unsupported("addTextToStore"); }
 
     void narFromPath(const StorePath & path, Sink & sink) override
diff --git a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
index 76fed11db..255b42c49 100644
--- a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ FileTransferSettings fileTransferSettings;
 
 static GlobalConfig::Register rFileTransferSettings(&fileTransferSettings);
 
-std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri)
+std::string resolveUri(std::string_view uri)
 {
     if (uri.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0)
-        return "https://nixos.org/channels/" + std::string(uri, 8) + "/nixexprs.tar.xz";
+        return "https://nixos.org/channels/" + std::string(uri.substr(8)) + "/nixexprs.tar.xz";
     else
-        return uri;
+        return std::string(uri);
 }
 
 struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                 result.etag = "";
                 result.data.clear();
                 result.bodySize = 0;
-                statusMsg = trim(match[1]);
+                statusMsg = trim((std::string &) match[1]);
                 acceptRanges = false;
                 encoding = "";
             } else {
                 auto i = line.find(':');
-                if (i != string::npos) {
-                    string name = toLower(trim(string(line, 0, i)));
+                if (i != std::string::npos) {
+                    std::string name = toLower(trim(line.substr(0, i)));
                     if (name == "etag") {
-                        result.etag = trim(string(line, i + 1));
+                        result.etag = trim(line.substr(i + 1));
                         /* Hack to work around a GitHub bug: it sends
                            ETags, but ignores If-None-Match. So if we get
                            the expected ETag on a 200 response, then shut
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                             return 0;
                         }
                     } else if (name == "content-encoding")
-                        encoding = trim(string(line, i + 1));
-                    else if (name == "accept-ranges" && toLower(trim(std::string(line, i + 1))) == "bytes")
+                        encoding = trim(line.substr(i + 1));
+                    else if (name == "accept-ranges" && toLower(trim(line.substr(i + 1))) == "bytes")
                         acceptRanges = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -866,18 +866,18 @@ FileTransferError::FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<st
     // FIXME: Due to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/3841 we don't know how
     // to print different messages for different verbosity levels. For now
     // we add some heuristics for detecting when we want to show the response.
-    if (response && (response->size() < 1024 || response->find("<html>") != string::npos))
+    if (response && (response->size() < 1024 || response->find("<html>") != std::string::npos))
         err.msg = hintfmt("%1%\n\nresponse body:\n\n%2%", normaltxt(hf.str()), chomp(*response));
     else
         err.msg = hf;
 }
 
-bool isUri(const string & s)
+bool isUri(std::string_view s)
 {
     if (s.compare(0, 8, "channel:") == 0) return true;
     size_t pos = s.find("://");
-    if (pos == string::npos) return false;
-    string scheme(s, 0, pos);
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) return false;
+    std::string scheme(s, 0, pos);
     return scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" || scheme == "file" || scheme == "channel" || scheme == "git" || scheme == "s3" || scheme == "ssh";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh b/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh
index 3e61b23b1..ca61e3937 100644
--- a/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/filetransfer.hh
@@ -119,17 +119,17 @@ class FileTransferError : public Error
 {
 public:
     FileTransfer::Error error;
-    std::optional<string> response; // intentionally optional
+    std::optional<std::string> response; // intentionally optional
 
     template<typename... Args>
-    FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<string> response, const Args & ... args);
+    FileTransferError(FileTransfer::Error error, std::optional<std::string> response, const Args & ... args);
 
     virtual const char* sname() const override { return "FileTransferError"; }
 };
 
-bool isUri(const string & s);
+bool isUri(std::string_view s);
 
 /* Resolve deprecated 'channel:<foo>' URLs. */
-std::string resolveUri(const std::string & uri);
+std::string resolveUri(std::string_view uri);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index e35199b3d..fd38b731c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ static void makeSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target)
 
 void LocalStore::addIndirectRoot(const Path & path)
 {
-    string hash = hashString(htSHA1, path).to_string(Base32, false);
-    Path realRoot = canonPath((format("%1%/%2%/auto/%3%")
-        % stateDir % gcRootsDir % hash).str());
+    std::string hash = hashString(htSHA1, path).to_string(Base32, false);
+    Path realRoot = canonPath(fmt("%1%/%2%/auto/%3%", stateDir, gcRootsDir, hash));
     makeSymlink(realRoot, path);
 }
 
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const StorePath & path)
     }
 
     /* Append the store path to the temporary roots file. */
-    string s = printStorePath(path) + '\0';
+    auto s = printStorePath(path) + '\0';
     writeFull(state->fdTempRoots.get(), s);
 }
 
@@ -203,12 +202,12 @@ void LocalStore::findTempRoots(Roots & tempRoots, bool censor)
         }
 
         /* Read the entire file. */
-        string contents = readFile(fd.get());
+        auto contents = readFile(fd.get());
 
         /* Extract the roots. */
-        string::size_type pos = 0, end;
+        std::string::size_type pos = 0, end;
 
-        while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != string::npos) {
+        while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
             Path root(contents, pos, end - pos);
             debug("got temporary root '%s'", root);
             tempRoots[parseStorePath(root)].emplace(censor ? censored : fmt("{temp:%d}", pid));
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ Roots LocalStore::findRoots(bool censor)
 
 typedef std::unordered_map<Path, std::unordered_set<std::string>> UncheckedRoots;
 
-static void readProcLink(const string & file, UncheckedRoots & roots)
+static void readProcLink(const std::string & file, UncheckedRoots & roots)
 {
     /* 64 is the starting buffer size gnu readlink uses... */
     auto bufsiz = ssize_t{64};
@@ -328,7 +327,7 @@ try_again:
             .emplace(file);
 }
 
-static string quoteRegexChars(const string & raw)
+static std::string quoteRegexChars(const std::string & raw)
 {
     static auto specialRegex = std::regex(R"([.^$\\*+?()\[\]{}|])");
     return std::regex_replace(raw, specialRegex, R"(\$&)");
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(Roots & roots, bool censor)
 
                 try {
                     auto mapFile = fmt("/proc/%s/maps", ent->d_name);
-                    auto mapLines = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(readFile(mapFile), "\n");
+                    auto mapLines = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(readFile(mapFile), "\n");
                     for (const auto & line : mapLines) {
                         auto match = std::smatch{};
                         if (std::regex_match(line, match, mapRegex))
@@ -784,7 +783,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
             struct dirent * dirent;
             while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) {
                 checkInterrupt();
-                string name = dirent->d_name;
+                std::string name = dirent->d_name;
                 if (name == "." || name == ".." || name == linksName) continue;
 
                 if (auto storePath = maybeParseStorePath(storeDir + "/" + name))
@@ -825,7 +824,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
         struct dirent * dirent;
         while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) {
             checkInterrupt();
-            string name = dirent->d_name;
+            std::string name = dirent->d_name;
             if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
             Path path = linksDir + "/" + name;
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index 81ca9cc0f..cc009a026 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles()
     // Use the paths specified in NIX_USER_CONF_FILES if it has been defined
     auto nixConfFiles = getEnv("NIX_USER_CONF_FILES");
     if (nixConfFiles.has_value()) {
-        return tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(nixConfFiles.value(), ":");
+        return tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(nixConfFiles.value(), ":");
     }
 
     // Use the paths specified by the XDG spec
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ bool Settings::isWSL1()
     return hasSuffix(utsbuf.release, "-Microsoft");
 }
 
-const string nixVersion = PACKAGE_VERSION;
+const std::string nixVersion = PACKAGE_VERSION;
 
 NLOHMANN_JSON_SERIALIZE_ENUM(SandboxMode, {
     {SandboxMode::smEnabled, true},
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index 4a78729e9..b31a2e8dc 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -988,6 +988,6 @@ void loadConfFile();
 // Used by the Settings constructor
 std::vector<Path> getUserConfigFiles();
 
-extern const string nixVersion;
+extern const std::string nixVersion;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
index f8b2662af..6b3daae7f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
 
     static std::set<std::string> uriSchemes() { return {"ssh"}; }
 
-    LegacySSHStore(const string & scheme, const string & host, const Params & params)
+    LegacySSHStore(const std::string & scheme, const std::string & host, const Params & params)
         : StoreConfig(params)
         , LegacySSHStoreConfig(params)
         , Store(params)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
         return conn;
     };
 
-    string getUri() override
+    std::string getUri() override
     {
         return *uriSchemes().begin() + "://" + host;
     }
@@ -225,13 +225,21 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public virtual LegacySSHStoreConfig, public virtual Stor
     std::optional<StorePath> queryPathFromHashPart(const std::string & hashPart) override
     { unsupported("queryPathFromHashPart"); }
 
-    StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo,
-        PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override
+    StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method,
+        HashType hashAlgo,
+        PathFilter & filter,
+        RepairFlag repair,
+        const StorePathSet & references) override
     { unsupported("addToStore"); }
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override
     { unsupported("addTextToStore"); }
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc
index c933251db..c5ae7536f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void LocalFSStore::narFromPath(const StorePath & path, Sink & sink)
     dumpPath(getRealStoreDir() + std::string(printStorePath(path), storeDir.size()), sink);
 }
 
-const string LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir = "drvs";
+const std::string LocalFSStore::drvsLogDir = "drvs";
 
 std::optional<std::string> LocalFSStore::getBuildLog(const StorePath & path_)
 {
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-fs-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-fs-store.hh
index e44b27cc2..d34f0cb62 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-fs-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-fs-store.hh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class LocalFSStore : public virtual LocalFSStoreConfig, public virtual Store
 {
 public:
 
-    const static string drvsLogDir;
+    const static std::string drvsLogDir;
 
     LocalFSStore(const Params & params);
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 1a02b916a..1ee71b1c0 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int getSchema(Path schemaPath)
 {
     int curSchema = 0;
     if (pathExists(schemaPath)) {
-        string s = readFile(schemaPath);
+        auto s = readFile(schemaPath);
         auto n = string2Int<int>(s);
         if (!n)
             throw Error("'%1%' is corrupt", schemaPath);
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
             res = posix_fallocate(fd.get(), 0, settings.reservedSize);
 #endif
             if (res == -1) {
-                writeFull(fd.get(), string(settings.reservedSize, 'X'));
+                writeFull(fd.get(), std::string(settings.reservedSize, 'X'));
                 [[gnu::unused]] auto res2 = ftruncate(fd.get(), settings.reservedSize);
             }
         }
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ void LocalStore::openDB(State & state, bool create)
         throw SysError("Nix database directory '%1%' is not writable", dbDir);
 
     /* Open the Nix database. */
-    string dbPath = dbDir + "/db.sqlite";
+    std::string dbPath = dbDir + "/db.sqlite";
     auto & db(state.db);
     state.db = SQLite(dbPath, create);
 
@@ -471,19 +471,19 @@ void LocalStore::openDB(State & state, bool create)
        should be safe enough.  If the user asks for it, don't sync at
        all.  This can cause database corruption if the system
        crashes. */
-    string syncMode = settings.fsyncMetadata ? "normal" : "off";
+    std::string syncMode = settings.fsyncMetadata ? "normal" : "off";
     db.exec("pragma synchronous = " + syncMode);
 
     /* Set the SQLite journal mode.  WAL mode is fastest, so it's the
        default. */
-    string mode = settings.useSQLiteWAL ? "wal" : "truncate";
-    string prevMode;
+    std::string mode = settings.useSQLiteWAL ? "wal" : "truncate";
+    std::string prevMode;
     {
         SQLiteStmt stmt;
         stmt.create(db, "pragma main.journal_mode;");
         if (sqlite3_step(stmt) != SQLITE_ROW)
             throwSQLiteError(db, "querying journal mode");
-        prevMode = string((const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0));
+        prevMode = std::string((const char *) sqlite3_column_text(stmt, 0));
     }
     if (prevMode != mode &&
         sqlite3_exec(db, ("pragma main.journal_mode = " + mode + ";").c_str(), 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const StorePath & drvPath, const Derivat
 {
     assert(drvPath.isDerivation());
     std::string drvName(drvPath.name());
-    drvName = string(drvName, 0, drvName.size() - drvExtension.size());
+    drvName = drvName.substr(0, drvName.size() - drvExtension.size());
 
     auto envHasRightPath = [&](const StorePath & actual, const std::string & varName)
     {
@@ -786,7 +786,11 @@ void LocalStore::registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info)
     });
 }
 
-void LocalStore::cacheDrvOutputMapping(State & state, const uint64_t deriver, const string & outputName, const StorePath & output)
+void LocalStore::cacheDrvOutputMapping(
+    State & state,
+    const uint64_t deriver,
+    const std::string & outputName,
+    const StorePath & output)
 {
     retrySQLite<void>([&]() {
         state.stmts->AddDerivationOutput.use()
@@ -795,7 +799,6 @@ void LocalStore::cacheDrvOutputMapping(State & state, const uint64_t deriver, co
             (printStorePath(output))
             .exec();
     });
-
 }
 
 
@@ -1436,7 +1439,9 @@ StorePath LocalStore::addToStoreFromDump(Source & source0, std::string_view name
 }
 
 
-StorePath LocalStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
+StorePath LocalStore::addTextToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    std::string_view s,
     const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair)
 {
     auto hash = hashString(htSHA256, s);
@@ -1548,7 +1553,7 @@ bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, RepairFlag repair)
         for (auto & link : readDirectory(linksDir)) {
             printMsg(lvlTalkative, "checking contents of '%s'", link.name);
             Path linkPath = linksDir + "/" + link.name;
-            string hash = hashPath(htSHA256, linkPath).first.to_string(Base32, false);
+            std::string hash = hashPath(htSHA256, linkPath).first.to_string(Base32, false);
             if (hash != link.name) {
                 printError("link '%s' was modified! expected hash '%s', got '%s'",
                     linkPath, link.name, hash);
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
index a9c7475ac..1a278c9a8 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -147,8 +147,11 @@ public:
     StorePath addToStoreFromDump(Source & dump, std::string_view name,
         FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references) override;
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override;
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override;
 
     void addTempRoot(const StorePath & path) override;
 
@@ -204,7 +207,11 @@ public:
        derivation 'deriver'. */
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info) override;
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override;
-    void cacheDrvOutputMapping(State & state, const uint64_t deriver, const string & outputName, const StorePath & output);
+    void cacheDrvOutputMapping(
+        State & state,
+        const uint64_t deriver,
+        const std::string & outputName,
+        const StorePath & output);
 
     std::optional<const Realisation> queryRealisation_(State & state, const DrvOutput & id);
     std::optional<std::pair<int64_t, Realisation>> queryRealisationCore_(State & state, const DrvOutput & id);
diff --git a/src/libstore/lock.hh b/src/libstore/lock.hh
index 8fbb67ddc..3d29a7b5b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/lock.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/lock.hh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ private:
     AutoCloseFD fdUserLock;
 
     bool isEnabled = false;
-    string user;
+    std::string user;
     uid_t uid = 0;
     gid_t gid = 0;
     std::vector<gid_t> supplementaryGIDs;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public:
 
     void kill();
 
-    string getUser() { return user; }
+    std::string getUser() { return user; }
     uid_t getUID() { assert(uid); return uid; }
     uid_t getGID() { assert(gid); return gid; }
     std::vector<gid_t> getSupplementaryGIDs() { return supplementaryGIDs; }
diff --git a/src/libstore/machines.cc b/src/libstore/machines.cc
index b6270a81b..e87f46980 100644
--- a/src/libstore/machines.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/machines.cc
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ Machine::Machine(decltype(storeUri) storeUri,
     sshPublicHostKey(sshPublicHostKey)
 {}
 
-bool Machine::allSupported(const std::set<string> & features) const
+bool Machine::allSupported(const std::set<std::string> & features) const
 {
     return std::all_of(features.begin(), features.end(),
-        [&](const string & feature) {
+        [&](const std::string & feature) {
             return supportedFeatures.count(feature) ||
                 mandatoryFeatures.count(feature);
         });
 }
 
-bool Machine::mandatoryMet(const std::set<string> & features) const
+bool Machine::mandatoryMet(const std::set<std::string> & features) const
 {
     return std::all_of(mandatoryFeatures.begin(), mandatoryFeatures.end(),
-        [&](const string & feature) {
+        [&](const std::string & feature) {
             return features.count(feature);
         });
 }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ref<Store> Machine::openStore() const
 static std::vector<std::string> expandBuilderLines(const std::string & builders)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> result;
-    for (auto line : tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(builders, "\n;")) {
+    for (auto line : tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(builders, "\n;")) {
         trim(line);
         line.erase(std::find(line.begin(), line.end(), '#'), line.end());
         if (line.empty()) continue;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static std::vector<std::string> expandBuilderLines(const std::string & builders)
 
 static Machine parseBuilderLine(const std::string & line)
 {
-    const auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(line);
+    const auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(line);
 
     auto isSet = [&](size_t fieldIndex) {
         return tokens.size() > fieldIndex && tokens[fieldIndex] != "" && tokens[fieldIndex] != "-";
@@ -146,17 +146,18 @@ static Machine parseBuilderLine(const std::string & line)
 
     return {
         tokens[0],
-        isSet(1) ? tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(tokens[1], ",") : std::vector<string>{settings.thisSystem},
+        isSet(1) ? tokenizeString<std::vector<std::string>>(tokens[1], ",") : std::vector<std::string>{settings.thisSystem},
         isSet(2) ? tokens[2] : "",
         isSet(3) ? parseUnsignedIntField(3) : 1U,
         isSet(4) ? parseUnsignedIntField(4) : 1U,
-        isSet(5) ? tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(tokens[5], ",") : std::set<string>{},
-        isSet(6) ? tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(tokens[6], ",") : std::set<string>{},
+        isSet(5) ? tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(tokens[5], ",") : std::set<std::string>{},
+        isSet(6) ? tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(tokens[6], ",") : std::set<std::string>{},
         isSet(7) ? ensureBase64(7) : ""
     };
 }
 
-static Machines parseBuilderLines(const std::vector<std::string>& builders) {
+static Machines parseBuilderLines(const std::vector<std::string> & builders)
+{
     Machines result;
     std::transform(builders.begin(), builders.end(), std::back_inserter(result), parseBuilderLine);
     return result;
diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc b/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
index 7d27d7667..72d41cc94 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
         void receiveContents(std::string_view data) override
         { }
 
-        void createSymlink(const Path & path, const string & target) override
+        void createSymlink(const Path & path, const std::string & target) override
         {
             createMember(path,
                 NarMember{FSAccessor::Type::tSymlink, false, 0, 0, target});
diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-info.cc b/src/libstore/nar-info.cc
index 49079388a..2d75e7a82 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-info.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/nar-info.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ NarInfo::NarInfo(const Store & store, const std::string & s, const std::string &
         return Error("NAR info file '%1%' is corrupt", whence);
     };
 
-    auto parseHashField = [&](const string & s) {
+    auto parseHashField = [&](const std::string & s) {
         try {
             return Hash::parseAnyPrefixed(s);
         } catch (BadHash &) {
diff --git a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
index 13cb142f8..8af9b1dde 100644
--- a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Strings LocalStore::readDirectoryIgnoringInodes(const Path & path, const InodeHa
             continue;
         }
 
-        string name = dirent->d_name;
+        std::string name = dirent->d_name;
         if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
         names.push_back(name);
     }
diff --git a/src/libstore/path-with-outputs.cc b/src/libstore/path-with-outputs.cc
index e5a121e00..97aa01b57 100644
--- a/src/libstore/path-with-outputs.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/path-with-outputs.cc
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ std::pair<std::string_view, StringSet> parsePathWithOutputs(std::string_view s)
 {
     size_t n = s.find("!");
     return n == s.npos
-        ? std::make_pair(s, std::set<string>())
+        ? std::make_pair(s, std::set<std::string>())
         : std::make_pair(((std::string_view) s).substr(0, n),
-            tokenizeString<std::set<string>>(((std::string_view) s).substr(n + 1), ","));
+            tokenizeString<std::set<std::string>>(((std::string_view) s).substr(n + 1), ","));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/path.hh b/src/libstore/path.hh
index 06ba0663b..e65fee622 100644
--- a/src/libstore/path.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/path.hh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
 
 typedef std::set<StorePath> StorePathSet;
 typedef std::vector<StorePath> StorePaths;
-typedef std::map<string, StorePath> OutputPathMap;
+typedef std::map<std::string, StorePath> OutputPathMap;
 
 typedef std::map<StorePath, std::optional<ContentAddress>> StorePathCAMap;
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
index 2da74e262..42023cd0a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ PathLocks::PathLocks()
 }
 
 
-PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const string & waitMsg)
+PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const std::string & waitMsg)
     : deletePaths(false)
 {
     lockPaths(paths, waitMsg);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ PathLocks::PathLocks(const PathSet & paths, const string & waitMsg)
 
 
 bool PathLocks::lockPaths(const PathSet & paths,
-    const string & waitMsg, bool wait)
+    const std::string & waitMsg, bool wait)
 {
     assert(fds.empty());
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/pathlocks.hh b/src/libstore/pathlocks.hh
index 759b9a584..5e3a734b4 100644
--- a/src/libstore/pathlocks.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/pathlocks.hh
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ private:
 public:
     PathLocks();
     PathLocks(const PathSet & paths,
-        const string & waitMsg = "");
+        const std::string & waitMsg = "");
     bool lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths,
-        const string & waitMsg = "",
+        const std::string & waitMsg = "",
         bool wait = true);
     ~PathLocks();
     void unlock();
diff --git a/src/libstore/profiles.cc b/src/libstore/profiles.cc
index 73163424c..3e4188188 100644
--- a/src/libstore/profiles.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/profiles.cc
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ namespace nix {
 
 /* Parse a generation name of the format
    `<profilename>-<number>-link'. */
-static std::optional<GenerationNumber> parseName(const string & profileName, const string & name)
+static std::optional<GenerationNumber> parseName(const std::string & profileName, const std::string & name)
 {
-    if (string(name, 0, profileName.size() + 1) != profileName + "-") return {};
-    string s = string(name, profileName.size() + 1);
-    string::size_type p = s.find("-link");
-    if (p == string::npos) return {};
+    if (name.substr(0, profileName.size() + 1) != profileName + "-") return {};
+    auto s = name.substr(profileName.size() + 1);
+    auto p = s.find("-link");
+    if (p == std::string::npos) return {};
     if (auto n = string2Int<unsigned int>(s.substr(0, p)))
         return *n;
     else
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, time_t t, bool dryRun)
 }
 
 
-void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, const string & timeSpec, bool dryRun)
+void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, std::string_view timeSpec, bool dryRun)
 {
     if (timeSpec.empty() || timeSpec[timeSpec.size() - 1] != 'd')
         throw UsageError("invalid number of days specifier '%1%', expected something like '14d'", timeSpec);
 
     time_t curTime = time(0);
-    string strDays = string(timeSpec, 0, timeSpec.size() - 1);
+    auto strDays = timeSpec.substr(0, timeSpec.size() - 1);
     auto days = string2Int<int>(strDays);
 
     if (!days || *days < 1)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void lockProfile(PathLocks & lock, const Path & profile)
 }
 
 
-string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile)
+std::string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile)
 {
     return pathExists(profile) ? readLink(profile) : "";
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/profiles.hh b/src/libstore/profiles.hh
index d100c970c..408ca039c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/profiles.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/profiles.hh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void deleteOldGenerations(const Path & profile, bool dryRun);
 
 void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, time_t t, bool dryRun);
 
-void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, const string & timeSpec, bool dryRun);
+void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, std::string_view timeSpec, bool dryRun);
 
 void switchLink(Path link, Path target);
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void lockProfile(PathLocks & lock, const Path & profile);
    generally cheap, since the build results are still in the Nix
    store.  Most of the time, only the user environment has to be
    rebuilt. */
-string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile);
+std::string optimisticLockProfile(const Path & profile);
 
 /* Resolve ~/.nix-profile. If ~/.nix-profile doesn't exist yet, create
    it. */
diff --git a/src/libstore/references.cc b/src/libstore/references.cc
index 91b3fc142..34dce092c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/references.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/references.cc
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void RefScanSink::operator () (std::string_view data)
 
 
 std::pair<StorePathSet, HashResult> scanForReferences(
-    const string & path,
+    const std::string & path,
     const StorePathSet & refs)
 {
     HashSink hashSink { htSHA256 };
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void RewritingSink::operator () (std::string_view data)
     s.append(data);
 
     size_t j = 0;
-    while ((j = s.find(from, j)) != string::npos) {
+    while ((j = s.find(from, j)) != std::string::npos) {
         matches.push_back(pos + j);
         s.replace(j, from.size(), to);
     }
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index c6f083dea..e7ffa6595 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -661,8 +661,11 @@ void RemoteStore::addMultipleToStore(
 }
 
 
-StorePath RemoteStore::addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-    const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair)
+StorePath RemoteStore::addTextToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    std::string_view s,
+    const StorePathSet & references,
+    RepairFlag repair)
 {
     StringSource source(s);
     return addCAToStore(source, name, TextHashMethod{}, references, repair)->path;
@@ -1000,7 +1003,7 @@ std::exception_ptr RemoteStore::Connection::processStderr(Sink * sink, Source *
         auto msg = readNum<uint64_t>(from);
 
         if (msg == STDERR_WRITE) {
-            string s = readString(from);
+            auto s = readString(from);
             if (!sink) throw Error("no sink");
             (*sink)(s);
         }
@@ -1017,7 +1020,7 @@ std::exception_ptr RemoteStore::Connection::processStderr(Sink * sink, Source *
             if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(daemonVersion) >= 26) {
                 return std::make_exception_ptr(readError(from));
             } else {
-                string error = readString(from);
+                auto error = readString(from);
                 unsigned int status = readInt(from);
                 return std::make_exception_ptr(Error(status, error));
             }
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.hh b/src/libstore/remote-store.hh
index 55cfd5cc6..b94216d31 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.hh
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ public:
         RepairFlag repair,
         CheckSigsFlag checkSigs) override;
 
-    StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair) override;
+    StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair) override;
 
     void registerDrvOutput(const Realisation & info) override;
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
index a024e971d..844553ad3 100644
--- a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ static void initAWS()
     });
 }
 
-S3Helper::S3Helper(const string & profile, const string & region, const string & scheme, const string & endpoint)
+S3Helper::S3Helper(
+    const std::string & profile,
+    const std::string & region,
+    const std::string & scheme,
+    const std::string & endpoint)
     : config(makeConfig(region, scheme, endpoint))
     , client(make_ref<Aws::S3::S3Client>(
             profile == ""
@@ -121,7 +125,10 @@ class RetryStrategy : public Aws::Client::DefaultRetryStrategy
     }
 };
 
-ref<Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration> S3Helper::makeConfig(const string & region, const string & scheme, const string & endpoint)
+ref<Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration> S3Helper::makeConfig(
+    const std::string & region,
+    const std::string & scheme,
+    const std::string & endpoint)
 {
     initAWS();
     auto res = make_ref<Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration>();
diff --git a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
index 1d6baf02d..e6ecadd7f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ uint64_t SQLite::getLastInsertedRowId()
     return sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(db);
 }
 
-void SQLiteStmt::create(sqlite3 * db, const string & sql)
+void SQLiteStmt::create(sqlite3 * db, const std::string & sql)
 {
     checkInterrupt();
     assert(!stmt);
diff --git a/src/libstore/ssh.cc b/src/libstore/ssh.cc
index 93f72675d..1bbad71f2 100644
--- a/src/libstore/ssh.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/ssh.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void SSHMaster::addCommonSSHOpts(Strings & args)
     if (!sshPublicHostKey.empty()) {
         Path fileName = (Path) *state->tmpDir + "/host-key";
         auto p = host.rfind("@");
-        string thost = p != string::npos ? string(host, p + 1) : host;
+        std::string thost = p != std::string::npos ? std::string(host, p + 1) : host;
         writeFile(fileName, thost + " " + base64Decode(sshPublicHostKey) + "\n");
         args.insert(args.end(), {"-oUserKnownHostsFile=" + fileName});
     }
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 8fcdc8b57..86fa6a211 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Path Store::followLinksToStore(std::string_view _path) const
     Path path = absPath(std::string(_path));
     while (!isInStore(path)) {
         if (!isLink(path)) break;
-        string target = readLink(path);
+        auto target = readLink(path);
         path = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
     }
     if (!isInStore(path))
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ StorePath Store::makeStorePath(std::string_view type,
     std::string_view hash, std::string_view name) const
 {
     /* e.g., "source:sha256:1abc...:/nix/store:foo.tar.gz" */
-    string s = std::string { type } + ":" + std::string { hash }
-        + ":" + storeDir + ":" + std::string { name };
+    auto s = std::string(type) + ":" + std::string(hash)
+        + ":" + storeDir + ":" + std::string(name);
     auto h = compressHash(hashString(htSHA256, s), 20);
     return StorePath(h, name);
 }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ StorePath Store::makeOutputPath(std::string_view id,
 
 static std::string makeType(
     const Store & store,
-    string && type,
+    std::string && type,
     const StorePathSet & references,
     bool hasSelfReference = false)
 {
@@ -229,15 +229,23 @@ std::pair<StorePath, Hash> Store::computeStorePathForPath(std::string_view name,
 }
 
 
-StorePath Store::computeStorePathForText(const string & name, const string & s,
+StorePath Store::computeStorePathForText(
+    std::string_view name,
+    std::string_view s,
     const StorePathSet & references) const
 {
     return makeTextPath(name, hashString(htSHA256, s), references);
 }
 
 
-StorePath Store::addToStore(const string & name, const Path & _srcPath,
-    FileIngestionMethod method, HashType hashAlgo, PathFilter & filter, RepairFlag repair, const StorePathSet & references)
+StorePath Store::addToStore(
+    std::string_view name,
+    const Path & _srcPath,
+    FileIngestionMethod method,
+    HashType hashAlgo,
+    PathFilter & filter,
+    RepairFlag repair,
+    const StorePathSet & references)
 {
     Path srcPath(absPath(_srcPath));
     auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) {
@@ -688,10 +696,10 @@ StorePathSet Store::queryValidPaths(const StorePathSet & paths, SubstituteFlag m
 /* Return a string accepted by decodeValidPathInfo() that
    registers the specified paths as valid.  Note: it's the
    responsibility of the caller to provide a closure. */
-string Store::makeValidityRegistration(const StorePathSet & paths,
+std::string Store::makeValidityRegistration(const StorePathSet & paths,
     bool showDerivers, bool showHash)
 {
-    string s = "";
+    std::string s = "";
 
     for (auto & i : paths) {
         s += printStorePath(i) + "\n";
@@ -1131,7 +1139,7 @@ std::optional<ValidPathInfo> decodeValidPathInfo(const Store & store, std::istre
     getline(str, path);
     if (str.eof()) { return {}; }
     if (!hashGiven) {
-        string s;
+        std::string s;
         getline(str, s);
         auto narHash = Hash::parseAny(s, htSHA256);
         getline(str, s);
@@ -1144,7 +1152,7 @@ std::optional<ValidPathInfo> decodeValidPathInfo(const Store & store, std::istre
     std::string deriver;
     getline(str, deriver);
     if (deriver != "") info.deriver = store.parseStorePath(deriver);
-    string s;
+    std::string s;
     getline(str, s);
     auto n = string2Int<int>(s);
     if (!n) throw Error("number expected");
@@ -1168,7 +1176,7 @@ std::string Store::showPaths(const StorePathSet & paths)
 }
 
 
-string showPaths(const PathSet & paths)
+std::string showPaths(const PathSet & paths)
 {
     return concatStringsSep(", ", quoteStrings(paths));
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 90d2e93ed..e4fb1f1fd 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -352,7 +352,9 @@ public:
        simply yield a different store path, so other users wouldn't be
        affected), but it has some backwards compatibility issues (the
        hashing scheme changes), so I'm not doing that for now. */
-    StorePath computeStorePathForText(const string & name, const string & s,
+    StorePath computeStorePathForText(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
         const StorePathSet & references) const;
 
     /* Check whether a path is valid. */
@@ -482,9 +484,14 @@ public:
        validity the resulting path.  The resulting path is returned.
        The function object `filter' can be used to exclude files (see
        libutil/archive.hh). */
-    virtual StorePath addToStore(const string & name, const Path & srcPath,
-        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
-        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair, const StorePathSet & references = StorePathSet());
+    virtual StorePath addToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        const Path & srcPath,
+        FileIngestionMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive,
+        HashType hashAlgo = htSHA256,
+        PathFilter & filter = defaultPathFilter,
+        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair,
+        const StorePathSet & references = StorePathSet());
 
     /* Copy the contents of a path to the store and register the
        validity the resulting path, using a constant amount of
@@ -506,8 +513,11 @@ public:
 
     /* Like addToStore, but the contents written to the output path is
        a regular file containing the given string. */
-    virtual StorePath addTextToStore(const string & name, const string & s,
-        const StorePathSet & references, RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) = 0;
+    virtual StorePath addTextToStore(
+        std::string_view name,
+        std::string_view s,
+        const StorePathSet & references,
+        RepairFlag repair = NoRepair) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Add a mapping indicating that `deriver!outputName` maps to the output path
@@ -608,7 +618,7 @@ public:
     /* Return a string representing information about the path that
        can be loaded into the database using `nix-store --load-db' or
        `nix-store --register-validity'. */
-    string makeValidityRegistration(const StorePathSet & paths,
+    std::string makeValidityRegistration(const StorePathSet & paths,
         bool showDerivers, bool showHash);
 
     /* Write a JSON representation of store path metadata, such as the
@@ -910,7 +920,7 @@ struct RegisterStoreImplementation
 
 /* Display a set of paths in human-readable form (i.e., between quotes
    and separated by commas). */
-string showPaths(const PathSet & paths);
+std::string showPaths(const PathSet & paths);
 
 
 std::optional<ValidPathInfo> decodeValidPathInfo(