From dc19ab8f7b3660d1f64f0a607e119306b50697c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Steffen=20Schu=CC=88mann?= <s.schuemann@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:11:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid unnecessary temporary string creation in Windows
 directory iteration

---
 include/ghc/filesystem.hpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
index a14b88f..daf69e5 100644
--- a/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp
@@ -5594,7 +5594,8 @@ public:
         if (!_base.empty()) {
             ZeroMemory(&_findData, sizeof(WIN32_FIND_DATAW));
             if ((_dirHandle = FindFirstFileW(GHC_NATIVEWP((_base / "*")), &_findData)) != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                if (std::wstring(_findData.cFileName) == L"." || std::wstring(_findData.cFileName) == L"..") {
+                if (wcscmp(_findData.cFileName, L".") == 0 ||
+                    wcscmp(_findData.cFileName, L"..") == 0) {
                     increment(_ec);
                 }
                 else {
@@ -5652,7 +5653,7 @@ public:
                     _dir_entry._path.clear();
                     break;
                 }
-            } while (std::wstring(_findData.cFileName) == L"." || std::wstring(_findData.cFileName) == L"..");
+            } while (wcscmp(_findData.cFileName, L".") == 0 || wcscmp(_findData.cFileName, L"..") == 0);
         }
         else {
             ec = _ec;