diff --git a/include/etl/basic_string.h b/include/etl/basic_string.h
index 7232a6d0..9dd93ead 100644
--- a/include/etl/basic_string.h
+++ b/include/etl/basic_string.h
@@ -2757,10 +2757,11 @@ namespace etl
     }
 
     //*********************************************************************
-    /// Common implementation for 'assign' and 'append' for iterators.
+    /// Common implementation for 'assign' and 'append' for non-pointer iterators.
     //*********************************************************************
     template <typename TIterator>
-    void append_impl(iterator position, TIterator first, TIterator last, bool truncated, bool secure)
+    typename etl::enable_if<!etl::is_pointer<typename etl::remove_reference<TIterator>::type>::value>::type
+    append_impl(iterator position, TIterator first, TIterator last, bool truncated, bool secure)
     {
       difference_type start      = etl::distance(p_buffer, position);
       difference_type count      = etl::distance(first, last);
@@ -2809,20 +2810,29 @@ namespace etl
         return;
       }
 
-      difference_type start      = etl::distance(p_buffer, position);
-      difference_type free_space = etl::distance(position, p_buffer + CAPACITY);
+      append_impl(position, src, get_string_length(src), truncated, secure);
+    }
 
-      pointer dst    = position;     
-      size_t  length = get_string_length(src);
-      size_t  count  = (length < size_t(free_space)) ? length : size_t(free_space);
-      etl::mem_move(src, count, dst);
+    //*********************************************************************
+    /// Core non-template implementation for 'assign' and 'append'.
+    //*********************************************************************
+    void append_impl(iterator position, const_pointer src, size_t length, bool truncated, bool secure)
+    {
+      size_t start      = static_cast<size_t>(etl::distance(p_buffer, position));
+      size_t free_space = static_cast<size_t>(etl::distance(position, p_buffer + CAPACITY));
+      size_t count      = etl::min(length, free_space);
 
-      truncated |= (src[count] != 0);
-      current_size = size_t(start) + count;
+#if ETL_IS_DEBUG_BUILD
+      ETL_ASSERT(start <= CAPACITY, ETL_ERROR(string_iterator));
+#endif
+
+      etl::mem_move(src, count, position);
+
+      current_size = start + count;
       p_buffer[current_size] = 0;
 
 #if ETL_HAS_STRING_TRUNCATION_CHECKS
-      set_truncated(truncated);
+      set_truncated((length > free_space) || truncated);
 #if ETL_HAS_ERROR_ON_STRING_TRUNCATION
       ETL_ASSERT(is_truncated() == false, ETL_ERROR(string_truncation));
 #endif
@@ -2842,6 +2852,16 @@ namespace etl
       cleanup();
     }
 
+    //*********************************************************************
+    /// Common implementation for 'assign' and 'append' for pointer iterators.
+    //*********************************************************************
+    template <typename TIterator>
+    typename etl::enable_if<etl::is_pointer<typename etl::remove_reference<TIterator>::type>::value>::type
+    append_impl(iterator position, TIterator first, TIterator last, bool truncated, bool secure)
+    {
+      append_impl(position, first, size_t(etl::distance(first, last)), truncated || is_truncated(), secure);
+    }
+
     //*************************************************************************
     /// Common implementation for 'find'.
     //*************************************************************************
diff --git a/include/etl/string.h b/include/etl/string.h
index 6fa1fccf..a0a0dd29 100644
--- a/include/etl/string.h
+++ b/include/etl/string.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ namespace etl
     string(const etl::string<MAX_SIZE_>& other)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ namespace etl
     string(const etl::istring& other)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ namespace etl
     {
       ETL_ASSERT(position < other.size(), ETL_ERROR(string_out_of_bounds));
 
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other, position, length);
     }
 
@@ -129,7 +126,6 @@ namespace etl
     ETL_EXPLICIT_STRING_FROM_CHAR string(const value_type* text)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text);
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +137,6 @@ namespace etl
     string(const value_type* text, size_t count)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text, text + count);
     }
 
@@ -167,7 +162,6 @@ namespace etl
     string(TIterator first, TIterator last, typename etl::enable_if<!etl::is_integral<TIterator>::value, int>::type = 0)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(first, last);
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +172,6 @@ namespace etl
     string(std::initializer_list<value_type> init)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
@@ -190,7 +183,6 @@ namespace etl
     explicit string(const etl::string_view& view)
       : istring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
     }
 
@@ -329,7 +321,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -347,7 +338,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -367,7 +357,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -389,7 +378,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -413,7 +401,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -433,8 +420,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -454,8 +440,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -473,7 +458,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -493,7 +477,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -512,7 +495,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -533,7 +515,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -577,7 +558,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -597,7 +577,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -618,7 +597,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -640,7 +618,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -652,7 +629,6 @@ namespace etl
     string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type* buffer, size_type buffer_size)
       : istring(buffer, buffer_size - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 
@@ -665,7 +641,6 @@ namespace etl
     string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type (&buffer)[BufferSize])
       : istring(buffer, BufferSize - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/etl/u16string.h b/include/etl/u16string.h
index 6cc22299..eccb78be 100644
--- a/include/etl/u16string.h
+++ b/include/etl/u16string.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string(const etl::u16string<MAX_SIZE_>& other)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string(const etl::iu16string& other)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ namespace etl
     {
       ETL_ASSERT(position < other.size(), ETL_ERROR(string_out_of_bounds));
 
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other, position, length);
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ namespace etl
     ETL_EXPLICIT_STRING_FROM_CHAR u16string(const value_type* text)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text);
     }
 
@@ -138,7 +134,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string(const value_type* text, size_type count)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text, text + count);
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string(TIterator first, TIterator last, typename etl::enable_if<!etl::is_integral<TIterator>::value, int>::type = 0)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(first, last);
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +169,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string(std::initializer_list<value_type> init)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
@@ -187,7 +180,6 @@ namespace etl
     explicit u16string(const etl::u16string_view& view)
       : iu16string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
     }
 
@@ -309,7 +301,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -327,7 +318,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -347,7 +337,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -369,7 +358,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -393,7 +381,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -413,8 +400,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -434,8 +420,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -453,7 +438,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -473,7 +457,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -492,7 +475,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -513,7 +495,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -557,7 +538,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -577,7 +557,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -598,7 +577,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -620,7 +598,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -632,7 +609,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type* buffer, size_type buffer_size)
       : iu16string(buffer, buffer_size - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 
@@ -645,7 +621,6 @@ namespace etl
     u16string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type (&buffer)[BufferSize])
       : iu16string(buffer, BufferSize - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/etl/u32string.h b/include/etl/u32string.h
index c4dc60e5..4776f91d 100644
--- a/include/etl/u32string.h
+++ b/include/etl/u32string.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string(const etl::u32string<MAX_SIZE_>& other)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string(const etl::iu32string& other)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ namespace etl
     {
       ETL_ASSERT(position < other.size(), ETL_ERROR(string_out_of_bounds));
 
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other, position, length);
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ namespace etl
     ETL_EXPLICIT_STRING_FROM_CHAR u32string(const value_type* text)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text);
     }
 
@@ -138,7 +134,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string(const value_type* text, size_type count)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text, text + count);
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string(TIterator first, TIterator last, typename etl::enable_if<!etl::is_integral<TIterator>::value, int>::type = 0)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(first, last);
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +169,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string(std::initializer_list<value_type> init)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
@@ -187,7 +180,6 @@ namespace etl
     explicit u32string(const etl::u32string_view& view)
       : iu32string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
     }
 
@@ -309,7 +301,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -327,7 +318,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -347,7 +337,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -369,7 +358,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -393,7 +381,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -413,8 +400,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -434,8 +420,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -453,7 +438,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -473,7 +457,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -492,7 +475,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -513,7 +495,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -557,7 +538,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -577,7 +557,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -598,7 +577,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -620,7 +598,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -632,7 +609,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type* buffer, size_type buffer_size)
       : iu32string(buffer, buffer_size - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 
@@ -645,7 +621,6 @@ namespace etl
     u32string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type (&buffer)[BufferSize])
       : iu32string(buffer, BufferSize - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/etl/u8string.h b/include/etl/u8string.h
index 26199773..7f027808 100644
--- a/include/etl/u8string.h
+++ b/include/etl/u8string.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string(const etl::u8string<MAX_SIZE_>& other)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string(const etl::iu8string& other)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ namespace etl
     {
       ETL_ASSERT(position < other.size(), ETL_ERROR(string_out_of_bounds));
 
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other, position, length);
     }
 
@@ -129,7 +126,6 @@ namespace etl
     ETL_EXPLICIT_STRING_FROM_CHAR u8string(const value_type* text)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text);
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +137,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string(const value_type* text, size_t count)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text, text + count);
     }
 
@@ -167,7 +162,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string(TIterator first, TIterator last, typename etl::enable_if<!etl::is_integral<TIterator>::value, int>::type = 0)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(first, last);
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +172,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string(std::initializer_list<value_type> init)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
@@ -190,7 +183,6 @@ namespace etl
     explicit u8string(const etl::u8string_view& view)
       : iu8string(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
     }
 
@@ -329,7 +321,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -347,7 +338,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -367,7 +357,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -389,7 +378,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -413,7 +401,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -433,8 +420,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -454,8 +440,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -473,7 +458,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -493,7 +477,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -512,7 +495,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -533,7 +515,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -577,7 +558,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -597,7 +577,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -618,7 +597,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -640,7 +618,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -652,7 +629,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type* buffer, size_type buffer_size)
       : iu8string(buffer, buffer_size - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 
@@ -665,7 +641,6 @@ namespace etl
     u8string_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type (&buffer)[BufferSize])
       : iu8string(buffer, BufferSize - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/etl/wstring.h b/include/etl/wstring.h
index 91405be7..f3f2256b 100644
--- a/include/etl/wstring.h
+++ b/include/etl/wstring.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring(const etl::wstring<MAX_SIZE_>& other)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring(const etl::iwstring& other)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other);
     }
 
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ namespace etl
     {
       ETL_ASSERT(position < other.size(), ETL_ERROR(string_out_of_bounds));
 
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(other, position, length);
     }
 
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ namespace etl
     ETL_EXPLICIT_STRING_FROM_CHAR wstring(const value_type* text)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text);
     }
 
@@ -138,7 +134,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring(const value_type* text, size_type count)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(text, text + count);
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring(TIterator first, TIterator last, typename etl::enable_if<!etl::is_integral<TIterator>::value, int>::type = 0)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(first, last);
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +169,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring(std::initializer_list<value_type> init)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif
@@ -187,7 +180,6 @@ namespace etl
     explicit wstring(const etl::wstring_view& view)
       : iwstring(reinterpret_cast<value_type*>(&buffer), MAX_SIZE)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
     }
 
@@ -309,7 +301,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -327,7 +318,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -347,7 +337,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other);
       }
     }
@@ -369,7 +358,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -393,7 +381,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(other, position, length);
       }
     }
@@ -413,8 +400,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -434,8 +420,7 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
-        this->assign(text, text + etl::strlen(text));
+        this->assign(text);
       }
     }
 
@@ -453,7 +438,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -473,7 +457,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(literal);
       }
     }
@@ -492,7 +475,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -513,7 +495,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(text, text + count);
       }
     }
@@ -557,7 +538,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -577,7 +557,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(view.begin(), view.end());
       }
     }
@@ -598,7 +577,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -620,7 +598,6 @@ namespace etl
       }
       else
       {
-        this->initialise();
         this->assign(first, last);
       }
     }
@@ -632,7 +609,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type* buffer, size_type buffer_size)
       : iwstring(buffer, buffer_size - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 
@@ -645,7 +621,6 @@ namespace etl
     wstring_ext(std::initializer_list<value_type> init, value_type (&buffer)[BufferSize])
       : iwstring(buffer, BufferSize - 1U)
     {
-      this->initialise();
       this->assign(init.begin(), init.end());
     }
 #endif