53209 - eliminate |nsSharedString|

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: XPCOM, defect, P3)

Description

[Scott Collins]

Now that we have a common underlying sharable buffer scheme ... |nsSharedString|
should exploit it to the fullest extent possible; though after the introduction
of copy-on-write strings, I imagine |nsSharedString| will be deprecated, hmmm.

Comment 1

[Scott Collins]

Attachment: here's the work to use the new buffer types and utilities

Comment 2

[Scott Collins]

this may not need to be done at all, if |nsSharedString| goes away in favor of
|nsInternString|.  Delaying this to 0.9 will let us find out before we throw
away any work.

Comment 3

[Scott Collins]

|nsSharedString| isn't being used, and that may be one of the two good names for
the copy-on-write string described in bug #53065 (the other being
|nsCommonString|.  So I'm actually just going to eliminated |nsSharedString|
from the build.  Changing summary accordingly.

Comment 4

[Scott Collins]

Attachment: get |nsSharedString| out of the build

Comment 5

[Scott Collins]

This is ready to go, the class was unused by anyone other than the string tests.

Comment 6

[Scott Collins]

patch checked in