@@ -62,12 +62,11 @@
 - init
 {
 	self = [super init];
 
 	@try {
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		s->cString = [self allocMemoryWithSize: 1];
 		s->cString[0] = '\0';
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
@@ -91,12 +90,11 @@
 		    cStringLength >= 3 && !memcmp(cString, "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3)) {
 			cString += 3;
 			cStringLength -= 3;
 		}
 
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		s->cString = [self allocMemoryWithSize: cStringLength + 1];
 		s->cStringLength = cStringLength;
 
 		if (encoding == OF_STRING_ENCODING_UTF_8 ||
@@ -212,12 +210,11 @@
 - initWithString: (OFString*)string
 {
 	self = [super init];
 
 	@try {
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		s->cStringLength = [string UTF8StringLength];
 
 		if ([string isKindOfClass: [OFString_UTF8 class]] ||
 		    [string isKindOfClass: [OFMutableString_UTF8 class]])
@@ -255,12 +252,11 @@
 			string++;
 			length--;
 		} else if (byteOrder != OF_ENDIANESS_NATIVE)
 			swap = YES;
 
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		s->cStringLength = length;
 		s->cString = [self allocMemoryWithSize: (length * 4) + 1];
 		s->length = length;
 
@@ -338,12 +334,11 @@
 			string++;
 			length--;
 		} else if (byteOrder != OF_ENDIANESS_NATIVE)
 			swap = YES;
 
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		s->cStringLength = length;
 		s->cString = [self allocMemoryWithSize: (length * 4) + 1];
 		s->length = length;
 
@@ -441,12 +436,11 @@
 		if (format == nil)
 			@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException
 			    exceptionWithClass: isa
 				      selector: _cmd];
 
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		if ((cStringLength = of_vasprintf(&tmp, [format UTF8String],
 		    arguments)) == -1)
 			@throw [OFInvalidFormatException
 			    exceptionWithClass: isa];
@@ -486,12 +480,11 @@
 	@try {
 		OFString *component;
 		size_t i, cStringLength;
 		va_list argumentsCopy;
 
-		s = [self allocMemoryWithSize: sizeof(*s)];
-		memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
+		s = &s_store;
 
 		s->cStringLength = [firstComponent UTF8StringLength];
 
 		if ([firstComponent isKindOfClass: [OFString_UTF8 class]] ||
 		    [firstComponent isKindOfClass: