I can only imagine that using std::string_view in a massive, complex application would be horrifying. The borrow checker is one of the benefits of Rust in that

I can only imagine that using std::string_view in a massive, complex application would be horrifying. The borrow checker is one of the benefits of Rust in that case, simply because you can avoid copies while actually being able to trust that you're not opening the door to security & maintenance hell in the process.