The process of appending to a std::string always includes a size check in
case the internal storage needs to expand. Given that we know a
canonicalized version of a query string is never larger than the original
string and that we pre-allocate enough memory to cope with the worst-case
scenario, the extra logic in std::string::push_back is unnecessary and an
extra cost. Writing directly into the string avoids this cost and improves
the performance.
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