Some implementations already do such as * Clang LibC++ see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21694302/what-are-the-mechanics-of-short-string-optimization-in-

Some implementations already do such as * Clang LibC++ see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21694302/what-are-the-mechanics-of-short-string-optimization-in-libc http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21694302/what-are-the-mec... * MSVC - see comments http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Stephan-T-Lavavej-Core-C-/Stephan-T-Lavavej-Core-C-9-of-n http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C9-Lectures-Stephan-T-Lavave...