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@@ -1280,10 +1280,10 @@ something like that).
method if the method "computes" the result string. Instead, use
std::string.
-
StringRef's allow you to mutate the pointed-to string bytes, but because it
-doesn't own the string, it doesn't allow you to insert or remove bytes from
-the range. For editing operations like this, it interoperates with the
-Twine class.
+StringRef's do not allow you to mutate the pointed-to string bytes and it
+doesn't allow you to insert or remove bytes from the range. For editing
+operations like this, it interoperates with the Twine class.
Because of its strengths and limitations, it is very common for a function to