From 718d6e69279386f8f251fefd274813fad622fd8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Kling <andreas@ladybird.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:08:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] LibJS: Make StringOrSymbol::as_string() return a const
 reference

No need to copy the FlyString here, we can avoid the ref count churn.
---
 Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringOrSymbol.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringOrSymbol.h b/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringOrSymbol.h
index 4803a323f1e..19e566eb030 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringOrSymbol.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringOrSymbol.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
     ALWAYS_INLINE bool is_symbol() const { return is_valid() && (m_bits & 2); }
     ALWAYS_INLINE bool is_string() const { return is_valid() && !(m_bits & 2); }
 
-    ALWAYS_INLINE FlyString as_string() const
+    ALWAYS_INLINE FlyString const& as_string() const
     {
         VERIFY(is_string());
         return m_string;