diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.cc
index c1121fda29..f7c9bdf667 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.cc
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@
 
 #include "google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.h"
 
+#include <utility>
+
 #include "google/protobuf/compiler/plugin.pb.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/descriptor.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/stubs/logging.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_split.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/strings/strip.h"
 
 namespace google {
@@ -106,26 +109,24 @@ void GeneratorContext::GetCompilerVersion(Version* version) const {
 
 // Parses a set of comma-delimited name/value pairs.
 void ParseGeneratorParameter(
-    const std::string& text,
+    absl::string_view text,
     std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >* output) {
-  std::vector<std::string> parts = absl::StrSplit(text, ",", absl::SkipEmpty());
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < parts.size(); i++) {
-    std::string::size_type equals_pos = parts[i].find_first_of('=');
-    std::pair<std::string, std::string> value;
-    if (equals_pos == std::string::npos) {
-      value.first = parts[i];
-      value.second = "";
+  std::vector<absl::string_view> parts =
+      absl::StrSplit(text, ',', absl::SkipEmpty());
+
+  for (absl::string_view part : parts) {
+    auto equals_pos = part.find_first_of('=');
+    if (equals_pos == absl::string_view::npos) {
+      output->emplace_back(part, "");
     } else {
-      value.first = parts[i].substr(0, equals_pos);
-      value.second = parts[i].substr(equals_pos + 1);
+      output->emplace_back(part.substr(0, equals_pos),
+                           part.substr(equals_pos + 1));
     }
-    output->push_back(value);
   }
 }
 
 // Strips ".proto" or ".protodevel" from the end of a filename.
-std::string StripProto(const std::string& filename) {
+std::string StripProto(absl::string_view filename) {
   if (absl::EndsWith(filename, ".protodevel")) {
     return std::string(absl::StripSuffix(filename, ".protodevel"));
   } else {
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.h b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.h
index 55b510ab69..c563f1c534 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/code_generator.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/port.h"
 
 // Must be included last.
@@ -192,10 +193,10 @@ typedef GeneratorContext OutputDirectory;
 // parses to the pairs:
 //   ("foo", "bar"), ("baz", ""), ("moo", "corge")
 PROTOC_EXPORT void ParseGeneratorParameter(
-    const std::string&, std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >*);
+    absl::string_view, std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> >*);
 
 // Strips ".proto" or ".protodevel" from the end of a filename.
-PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(const std::string& filename);
+PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(absl::string_view filename);
 
 }  // namespace compiler
 }  // namespace protobuf
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/BUILD.bazel b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/BUILD.bazel
index dd59dd2d54..e463346688 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/BUILD.bazel
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cc_library(
         ":names_internal",
         "//src/google/protobuf:protobuf_nowkt",
         "//src/google/protobuf/compiler:code_generator",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ cc_library(
     deps = [
         "//src/google/protobuf:protobuf_nowkt",
         "//src/google/protobuf/compiler:code_generator",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/bootstrap_unittest.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/bootstrap_unittest.cc
index 3a876666f6..f87856ef8d 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/bootstrap_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/bootstrap_unittest.cc
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ class MockGeneratorContext : public GeneratorContext {
 
     std::string expected_contents = *it->second;
     std::string actual_contents;
-    GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(
-        File::GetContents(TestUtil::TestSourceDir() + "/" + physical_filename,
-                          &actual_contents, true))
+    GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(File::GetContents(
+        absl::StrCat(TestUtil::TestSourceDir(), "/", physical_filename),
+        &actual_contents, true))
         << physical_filename;
 
 #ifdef WRITE_FILES  // Define to debug mismatched files.
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ TEST(BootstrapTest, GeneratedFilesMatch) {
         FindWithDefault(vpath_map, file_parameter[0], file_parameter[0]);
     std::string rpath =
         FindWithDefault(rpath_map, file_parameter[0], file_parameter[0]);
-    context.ExpectFileMatches(vpath + ".pb.cc", rpath + ".pb.cc");
-    context.ExpectFileMatches(vpath + ".pb.h", rpath + ".pb.h");
+    context.ExpectFileMatches(absl::StrCat(vpath, ".pb.cc"),
+                              absl::StrCat(rpath, ".pb.cc"));
+    context.ExpectFileMatches(absl::StrCat(vpath, ".pb.h"),
+                              absl::StrCat(rpath, ".pb.h"));
   }
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ TEST(BootstrapTest, OptionNotExist) {
   ASSERT_FALSE(generator.Generate(
       pool.FindFileByName("google/protobuf/descriptor.proto"), parameter,
       generator_context, &error));
-  EXPECT_EQ(error, "Unknown generator option: " + parameter);
+  EXPECT_EQ(error, absl::StrCat("Unknown generator option: ", parameter));
 }
 
 }  // namespace
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/extension.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/extension.cc
index 3b43ccb798..a33fe91457 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/extension.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/extension.cc
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ ExtensionGenerator::ExtensionGenerator(const FieldDescriptor* descriptor,
       absl::StrCat(static_cast<int>(descriptor_->type()));
   variables_["packed"] = descriptor_->is_packed() ? "true" : "false";
 
-  std::string scope =
-      IsScoped() ? ClassName(descriptor_->extension_scope(), false) + "::" : "";
+  std::string scope;
+  if (IsScoped()) {
+    scope =
+        absl::StrCat(ClassName(descriptor_->extension_scope(), false), "::");
+  }
+
   variables_["scope"] = scope;
   variables_["scoped_name"] = ExtensionName(descriptor_);
   variables_["number"] = absl::StrCat(descriptor_->number());
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ void ExtensionGenerator::GenerateDeclaration(io::Printer* printer) const {
   if (!IsScoped()) {
     qualifier = "extern";
     if (!options_.dllexport_decl.empty()) {
-      qualifier = options_.dllexport_decl + " " + qualifier;
+      qualifier = absl::StrCat(options_.dllexport_decl, " ", qualifier);
     }
   } else {
     qualifier = "static";
@@ -164,8 +168,8 @@ void ExtensionGenerator::GenerateDefinition(io::Printer* printer) {
   } else if (descriptor_->message_type()) {
     // We have to initialize the default instance for extensions at registration
     // time.
-    default_str =
-        FieldMessageTypeName(descriptor_, options_) + "::default_instance()";
+    default_str = absl::StrCat(FieldMessageTypeName(descriptor_, options_),
+                               "::default_instance()");
   } else {
     default_str = DefaultValue(options_, descriptor_);
   }
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/map_field.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/map_field.cc
index b684b2dd0a..73d3709f95 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/map_field.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/map_field.cc
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ void SetMessageVariables(
     default:
       (*variables)["val_cpp"] = PrimitiveTypeName(options, val->cpp_type());
   }
-  (*variables)["key_wire_type"] =
-      "TYPE_" + absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(key->type()));
-  (*variables)["val_wire_type"] =
-      "TYPE_" + absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(val->type()));
+  (*variables)["key_wire_type"] = absl::StrCat(
+      "TYPE_", absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(key->type())));
+  (*variables)["val_wire_type"] = absl::StrCat(
+      "TYPE_", absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(val->type())));
   (*variables)["map_classname"] = ClassName(descriptor->message_type(), false);
   (*variables)["number"] = absl::StrCat(descriptor->number());
   (*variables)["tag"] = absl::StrCat(internal::WireFormat::MakeTag(descriptor));
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc
index 1e6bf4c23a..afbef124c9 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/field_generators/message_field.cc
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ namespace protobuf {
 namespace compiler {
 namespace cpp {
 namespace {
-std::string ReinterpretCast(const std::string& type,
-                            const std::string& expression,
+std::string ReinterpretCast(absl::string_view type,
+                            absl::string_view expression,
                             bool implicit_weak_field) {
   if (implicit_weak_field) {
-    return "reinterpret_cast< " + type + " >(" + expression + ")";
+    return absl::StrCat("reinterpret_cast< ", type, " >(", expression, ")");
   } else {
-    return expression;
+    return std::string(expression);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/generator.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/generator.cc
index ed39c3d1be..fc2dc80266 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/generator.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/generator.cc
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ bool CppGenerator::Generate(const FileDescriptor* file,
       } else if (value == "always") {
         file_options.tctable_mode = Options::kTCTableAlways;
       } else {
-        *error =
-            "Unknown value for experimental_tail_call_table_mode: " + value;
+        *error = absl::StrCat(
+            "Unknown value for experimental_tail_call_table_mode: ", value);
         return false;
       }
     } else {
-      *error = "Unknown generator option: " + key;
+      *error = absl::StrCat("Unknown generator option: ", key);
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.cc
index b8a55fe7ff..fce4e80724 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ const absl::flat_hash_set<absl::string_view>& Keywords() {
   return *keywords;
 }
 
-std::string IntTypeName(const Options& options, const std::string& type) {
+std::string IntTypeName(const Options& options, absl::string_view type) {
   return absl::StrCat("::", type, "_t");
 }
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void SetUnknownFieldsVariable(
   }
 }
 
-std::string UnderscoresToCamelCase(const std::string& input,
+std::string UnderscoresToCamelCase(absl::string_view input,
                                    bool cap_next_letter) {
   std::string result;
   // Note:  I distrust ctype.h due to locales.
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@ bool HasTrivialSwap(const FieldDescriptor* field, const Options& options,
 std::string ClassName(const Descriptor* descriptor) {
   const Descriptor* parent = descriptor->containing_type();
   std::string res;
-  if (parent) res += ClassName(parent) + "_";
-  res += descriptor->name();
-  if (IsMapEntryMessage(descriptor)) res += "_DoNotUse";
+  if (parent) absl::StrAppend(&res, ClassName(parent), "_");
+  absl::StrAppend(&res, descriptor->name());
+  if (IsMapEntryMessage(descriptor)) absl::StrAppend(&res, "_DoNotUse");
   return ResolveKeyword(res);
 }
 
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ std::string ClassName(const EnumDescriptor* enum_descriptor) {
   if (enum_descriptor->containing_type() == nullptr) {
     return ResolveKeyword(enum_descriptor->name());
   } else {
-    return ClassName(enum_descriptor->containing_type()) + "_" +
-           enum_descriptor->name();
+    return absl::StrCat(ClassName(enum_descriptor->containing_type()), "_",
+                        enum_descriptor->name());
   }
 }
 
@@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ std::string QualifiedExtensionName(const FieldDescriptor* d) {
   return QualifiedExtensionName(d, Options());
 }
 
-std::string Namespace(const std::string& package) {
+std::string Namespace(absl::string_view package) {
   if (package.empty()) return "";
-  return "::" + DotsToColons(package);
+  return absl::StrCat("::", DotsToColons(package));
 }
 
 std::string Namespace(const FileDescriptor* d) { return Namespace(d, {}); }
@@ -491,13 +491,13 @@ std::string DefaultInstanceType(const Descriptor* descriptor,
 
 std::string DefaultInstanceName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                                 const Options& /*options*/, bool split) {
-  return "_" + ClassName(descriptor, false) + (split ? "__Impl_Split" : "") +
-         "_default_instance_";
+  return absl::StrCat("_", ClassName(descriptor, false),
+                      (split ? "__Impl_Split" : ""), "_default_instance_");
 }
 
 std::string DefaultInstancePtr(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                                const Options& options, bool split) {
-  return DefaultInstanceName(descriptor, options, split) + "ptr_";
+  return absl::StrCat(DefaultInstanceName(descriptor, options, split), "ptr_");
 }
 
 std::string QualifiedDefaultInstanceName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ std::string QualifiedDefaultInstanceName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
 
 std::string QualifiedDefaultInstancePtr(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                                         const Options& options, bool split) {
-  return QualifiedDefaultInstanceName(descriptor, options, split) + "ptr_";
+  return absl::StrCat(QualifiedDefaultInstanceName(descriptor, options, split),
+                      "ptr_");
 }
 
 std::string DescriptorTableName(const FileDescriptor* file,
@@ -524,20 +525,21 @@ std::string FileDllExport(const FileDescriptor* file, const Options& options) {
 std::string SuperClassName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                            const Options& options) {
   if (!HasDescriptorMethods(descriptor->file(), options)) {
-    return "::" + ProtobufNamespace(options) + "::MessageLite";
+    return absl::StrCat("::", ProtobufNamespace(options), "::MessageLite");
   }
   auto simple_base = SimpleBaseClass(descriptor, options);
   if (simple_base.empty()) {
-    return "::" + ProtobufNamespace(options) + "::Message";
+    return absl::StrCat("::", ProtobufNamespace(options), "::Message");
   }
-  return "::" + ProtobufNamespace(options) + "::internal::" + simple_base;
+  return absl::StrCat("::", ProtobufNamespace(options),
+                      "::internal::", simple_base);
 }
 
-std::string ResolveKeyword(const std::string& name) {
+std::string ResolveKeyword(absl::string_view name) {
   if (Keywords().count(name) > 0) {
-    return name + "_";
+    return absl::StrCat(name, "_");
   }
-  return name;
+  return std::string(name);
 }
 
 std::string FieldName(const FieldDescriptor* field) {
@@ -565,7 +567,7 @@ std::string FieldMemberName(const FieldDescriptor* field, bool split) {
 std::string OneofCaseConstantName(const FieldDescriptor* field) {
   GOOGLE_ABSL_DCHECK(field->containing_oneof());
   std::string field_name = UnderscoresToCamelCase(field->name(), true);
-  return "k" + field_name;
+  return absl::StrCat("k", field_name);
 }
 
 std::string QualifiedOneofCaseConstantName(const FieldDescriptor* field) {
@@ -609,7 +611,7 @@ int EstimateAlignmentSize(const FieldDescriptor* field) {
 
 std::string FieldConstantName(const FieldDescriptor* field) {
   std::string field_name = UnderscoresToCamelCase(field->name(), true);
-  std::string result = "k" + field_name + "FieldNumber";
+  std::string result = absl::StrCat("k", field_name, "FieldNumber");
 
   if (!field->is_extension() &&
       field->containing_type()->FindFieldByCamelcaseName(
@@ -617,7 +619,7 @@ std::string FieldConstantName(const FieldDescriptor* field) {
     // This field's camelcase name is not unique.  As a hack, add the field
     // number to the constant name.  This makes the constant rather useless,
     // but what can we do?
-    result += "_" + absl::StrCat(field->number());
+    absl::StrAppend(&result, "_", field->number());
   }
 
   return result;
@@ -630,7 +632,7 @@ std::string FieldMessageTypeName(const FieldDescriptor* field,
   return QualifiedClassName(field->message_type(), options);
 }
 
-std::string StripProto(const std::string& filename) {
+std::string StripProto(absl::string_view filename) {
   /*
    * TODO(github/georgthegreat) remove this proxy method
    * once Google's internal codebase will become ready
@@ -781,7 +783,7 @@ std::string DefaultValue(const Options& options, const FieldDescriptor* field) {
     case FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_INT32:
       return Int32ToString(field->default_value_int32());
     case FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_UINT32:
-      return absl::StrCat(field->default_value_uint32()) + "u";
+      return absl::StrCat(field->default_value_uint32(), "u");
     case FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_INT64:
       return Int64ToString(field->default_value_int64());
     case FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_UINT64:
@@ -826,12 +828,12 @@ std::string DefaultValue(const Options& options, const FieldDescriptor* field) {
           "static_cast< $0 >($1)", ClassName(field->enum_type(), true),
           Int32ToString(field->default_value_enum()->number()));
     case FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_STRING:
-      return "\"" +
-             EscapeTrigraphs(absl::CEscape(field->default_value_string())) +
-             "\"";
+      return absl::StrCat(
+          "\"", EscapeTrigraphs(absl::CEscape(field->default_value_string())),
+          "\"");
     case FieldDescriptor::CPPTYPE_MESSAGE:
-      return "*" + FieldMessageTypeName(field, options) +
-             "::internal_default_instance()";
+      return absl::StrCat("*", FieldMessageTypeName(field, options),
+                          "::internal_default_instance()");
   }
   // Can't actually get here; make compiler happy.  (We could add a default
   // case above but then we wouldn't get the nice compiler warning when a
@@ -841,7 +843,7 @@ std::string DefaultValue(const Options& options, const FieldDescriptor* field) {
 }
 
 // Convert a file name into a valid identifier.
-std::string FilenameIdentifier(const std::string& filename) {
+std::string FilenameIdentifier(absl::string_view filename) {
   std::string result;
   for (int i = 0; i < filename.size(); i++) {
     if (absl::ascii_isalnum(filename[i])) {
@@ -856,14 +858,14 @@ std::string FilenameIdentifier(const std::string& filename) {
   return result;
 }
 
-std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name, const std::string& filename,
+std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, absl::string_view filename,
                        const Options& options) {
-  return name + "_" + FilenameIdentifier(filename);
+  return absl::StrCat(name, "_", FilenameIdentifier(filename));
 }
 
 // Return the qualified C++ name for a file level symbol.
 std::string QualifiedFileLevelSymbol(const FileDescriptor* file,
-                                     const std::string& name,
+                                     absl::string_view name,
                                      const Options& options) {
   if (file->package().empty()) {
     return absl::StrCat("::", name);
@@ -879,11 +881,11 @@ std::string EscapeTrigraphs(absl::string_view to_escape) {
 // Escaped function name to eliminate naming conflict.
 std::string SafeFunctionName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                              const FieldDescriptor* field,
-                             const std::string& prefix) {
+                             absl::string_view prefix) {
   // Do not use FieldName() since it will escape keywords.
   std::string name = field->name();
   absl::AsciiStrToLower(&name);
-  std::string function_name = prefix + name;
+  std::string function_name = absl::StrCat(prefix, name);
   if (descriptor->FindFieldByName(function_name)) {
     // Single underscore will also make it conflicting with the private data
     // member. We use double underscore to escape function names.
@@ -1406,7 +1408,7 @@ void ListAllTypesForServices(const FileDescriptor* fd,
   }
 }
 
-bool GetBootstrapBasename(const Options& options, const std::string& basename,
+bool GetBootstrapBasename(const Options& options, absl::string_view basename,
                           std::string* bootstrap_basename) {
   if (options.opensource_runtime) {
     return false;
@@ -1427,7 +1429,7 @@ bool GetBootstrapBasename(const Options& options, const std::string& basename,
       };
   auto iter = bootstrap_mapping->find(basename);
   if (iter == bootstrap_mapping->end()) {
-    *bootstrap_basename = basename;
+    *bootstrap_basename = std::string(basename);
     return false;
   } else {
     *bootstrap_basename = iter->second;
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.h b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.h
index afb12eb793..78875ec52f 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/helpers.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void SetUnknownFieldsVariable(
     const Descriptor* descriptor, const Options& options,
     absl::flat_hash_map<absl::string_view, std::string>* variables);
 
-bool GetBootstrapBasename(const Options& options, const std::string& basename,
+bool GetBootstrapBasename(const Options& options, absl::string_view basename,
                           std::string* bootstrap_basename);
 bool MaybeBootstrap(const Options& options, GeneratorContext* generator_context,
                     bool bootstrap_flag, std::string* basename);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ std::string SuperClassName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                            const Options& options);
 
 // Adds an underscore if necessary to prevent conflicting with a keyword.
-std::string ResolveKeyword(const std::string& name);
+std::string ResolveKeyword(absl::string_view name);
 
 // Get the (unqualified) name that should be used for this field in C++ code.
 // The name is coerced to lower-case to emulate proto1 behavior.  People
@@ -260,25 +260,25 @@ std::string DefaultValue(const Options& options, const FieldDescriptor* field);
 std::string DefaultValue(const FieldDescriptor* field);
 
 // Convert a file name into a valid identifier.
-std::string FilenameIdentifier(const std::string& filename);
+std::string FilenameIdentifier(absl::string_view filename);
 
 // For each .proto file generates a unique name. To prevent collisions of
 // symbols in the global namespace
-std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name, const std::string& filename,
+std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, absl::string_view filename,
                        const Options& options);
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name, const FileDescriptor* d,
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, const FileDescriptor* d,
                               const Options& options) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->name(), options);
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name, const Descriptor* d,
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, const Descriptor* d,
                               const Options& options) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->file(), options);
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name, const EnumDescriptor* d,
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, const EnumDescriptor* d,
                               const Options& options) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->file(), options);
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name,
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name,
                               const ServiceDescriptor* d,
                               const Options& options) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->file(), options);
@@ -291,29 +291,27 @@ inline Options InternalRuntimeOptions() {
   options.opensource_runtime = false;
   return options;
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name,
-                              const std::string& filename) {
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name,
+                              absl::string_view filename) {
   return UniqueName(name, filename, InternalRuntimeOptions());
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name,
-                              const FileDescriptor* d) {
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, const FileDescriptor* d) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->name(), InternalRuntimeOptions());
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name, const Descriptor* d) {
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, const Descriptor* d) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->file(), InternalRuntimeOptions());
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name,
-                              const EnumDescriptor* d) {
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name, const EnumDescriptor* d) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->file(), InternalRuntimeOptions());
 }
-inline std::string UniqueName(const std::string& name,
+inline std::string UniqueName(absl::string_view name,
                               const ServiceDescriptor* d) {
   return UniqueName(name, d->file(), InternalRuntimeOptions());
 }
 
 // Return the qualified C++ name for a file level symbol.
 std::string QualifiedFileLevelSymbol(const FileDescriptor* file,
-                                     const std::string& name,
+                                     absl::string_view name,
                                      const Options& options);
 
 // Escape C++ trigraphs by escaping question marks to \?
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@ std::string EscapeTrigraphs(absl::string_view to_escape);
 // Escaped function name to eliminate naming conflict.
 std::string SafeFunctionName(const Descriptor* descriptor,
                              const FieldDescriptor* field,
-                             const std::string& prefix);
+                             absl::string_view prefix);
 
 // Returns true if generated messages have public unknown fields accessors
 inline bool PublicUnknownFieldsAccessors(const Descriptor* message) {
@@ -468,7 +466,7 @@ inline bool IsMapEntryMessage(const Descriptor* descriptor) {
 // Returns true if the field's CPPTYPE is string or message.
 bool IsStringOrMessage(const FieldDescriptor* field);
 
-std::string UnderscoresToCamelCase(const std::string& input,
+std::string UnderscoresToCamelCase(absl::string_view input,
                                    bool cap_next_letter);
 
 inline bool IsProto3(const FileDescriptor* file) {
@@ -555,7 +553,8 @@ inline std::string IncludeGuard(const FileDescriptor* file,
     // have distinct include guards, because some source files include both and
     // both need to be defined (the third_party copies will be in the
     // google::protobuf_opensource namespace).
-    return MacroPrefix(options) + "_INCLUDED_" + filename_identifier;
+    return absl::StrCat(MacroPrefix(options), "_INCLUDED_",
+                        filename_identifier);
   } else {
     // Ideally this case would use distinct include guards for opensource and
     // google3 protos also.  (The behavior of "first #included wins" is not
@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ inline std::string IncludeGuard(const FileDescriptor* file,
     // the identical include guards to avoid compile errors.
     //
     // We should clean this up so that this case can be removed.
-    return "GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_" + filename_identifier;
+    return absl::StrCat("GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_INCLUDED_", filename_identifier);
   }
 }
 
@@ -858,7 +857,7 @@ class PROTOC_EXPORT Formatter {
   absl::flat_hash_map<absl::string_view, std::string> vars_;
 
   // Convenience overloads to accept different types as arguments.
-  static std::string ToString(const std::string& s) { return s; }
+  static std::string ToString(absl::string_view s) { return std::string(s); }
   template <typename I, typename = typename std::enable_if<
                             std::is_integral<I>::value>::type>
   static std::string ToString(I x) {
@@ -1012,7 +1011,8 @@ struct OneOfRangeImpl {
 
 inline OneOfRangeImpl OneOfRange(const Descriptor* desc) { return {desc}; }
 
-PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(const std::string& filename);
+// Strips ".proto" or ".protodevel" from the end of a filename.
+PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(absl::string_view filename);
 
 bool ShouldVerify(const Descriptor* descriptor, const Options& options,
                   MessageSCCAnalyzer* scc_analyzer);
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/message.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/message.cc
index 2f9c2d7585..e8d734482d 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/message.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/message.cc
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ void CollectMapInfo(
     default:
       vars["val_cpp"] = PrimitiveTypeName(options, val->cpp_type());
   }
-  vars["key_wire_type"] =
-      "TYPE_" + absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(key->type()));
-  vars["val_wire_type"] =
-      "TYPE_" + absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(val->type()));
+  vars["key_wire_type"] = absl::StrCat(
+      "TYPE_", absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(key->type())));
+  vars["val_wire_type"] = absl::StrCat(
+      "TYPE_", absl::AsciiStrToUpper(DeclaredTypeMethodName(val->type())));
 }
 
 
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ std::pair<size_t, size_t> MessageGenerator::GenerateOffsets(io::Printer* p) {
       format("PROTOBUF_FIELD_OFFSET($classtype$$1$, $2$)",
              ShouldSplit(field, options_) ? "::Impl_::Split" : "",
              ShouldSplit(field, options_)
-                 ? FieldName(field) + "_"
+                 ? absl::StrCat(FieldName(field), "_")
                  : FieldMemberName(field, /*cold=*/false));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/metadata_test.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/metadata_test.cc
index a4e4888c3a..51df3d5bfd 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/metadata_test.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/metadata_test.cc
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ class CppMetadataTest : public ::testing::Test {
     CommandLineInterface cli;
     CppGenerator cpp_generator;
     cli.RegisterGenerator("--cpp_out", &cpp_generator, "");
-    std::string cpp_out =
+    std::string cpp_out = absl::StrCat(
         "--cpp_out=annotate_headers=true,"
         "annotation_pragma_name=pragma_name,"
-        "annotation_guard_name=guard_name:" +
-        TestTempDir();
+        "annotation_guard_name=guard_name:",
+        TestTempDir());
 
     const bool result = atu::RunProtoCompiler(filename, cpp_out, &cli, file);
 
@@ -75,25 +75,28 @@ class CppMetadataTest : public ::testing::Test {
       return result;
     }
 
-    std::string output_base = TestTempDir() + "/" + StripProto(filename);
+    std::string output_base =
+        absl::StrCat(TestTempDir(), "/", StripProto(filename));
 
     if (pb_cc != nullptr) {
-      GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(
-          File::GetContents(output_base + ".pb.cc", pb_cc, true));
+      GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(File::GetContents(absl::StrCat(output_base, ".pb.cc"),
+                                      pb_cc, true));
     }
 
     if (pb_h != nullptr && pb_h_info != nullptr) {
-      GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(
-          File::GetContents(output_base + ".pb.h", pb_h, true));
-      if (!atu::DecodeMetadata(output_base + ".pb.h.meta", pb_h_info)) {
+      GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(File::GetContents(absl::StrCat(output_base, ".pb.h"), pb_h,
+                                      true));
+      if (!atu::DecodeMetadata(absl::StrCat(output_base, ".pb.h.meta"),
+                               pb_h_info)) {
         return false;
       }
     }
 
     if (proto_h != nullptr && proto_h_info != nullptr) {
-      GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(File::GetContents(output_base + ".proto.h", proto_h,
-                                      true));
-      if (!atu::DecodeMetadata(output_base + ".proto.h.meta", proto_h_info)) {
+      GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(File::GetContents(absl::StrCat(output_base, ".proto.h"),
+                                      proto_h, true));
+      if (!atu::DecodeMetadata(absl::StrCat(output_base, ".proto.h.meta"),
+                               proto_h_info)) {
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ class CppMetadataTest : public ::testing::Test {
   }
 };
 
-const char kSmallTestFile[] =
+constexpr absl::string_view kSmallTestFile =
     "syntax = \"proto2\";\n"
     "package foo;\n"
     "enum Enum { VALUE = 0; }\n"
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/names.h b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/names.h
index f4dac4c644..150649377b 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/names.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/names.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
+
 // Must be included last.
 #include "google/protobuf/port_def.inc"
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ std::string QualifiedOneofCaseConstantName(const FieldDescriptor* field);
 std::string EnumValueName(const EnumValueDescriptor* enum_value);
 
 // Strips ".proto" or ".protodevel" from the end of a filename.
-PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(const std::string& filename);
+PROTOC_EXPORT std::string StripProto(absl::string_view filename);
 
 }  // namespace cpp
 }  // namespace compiler
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/parse_function_generator.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/parse_function_generator.cc
index e17ac84c70..cf144aba4c 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/parse_function_generator.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/parse_function_generator.cc
@@ -458,12 +458,12 @@ void ParseFunctionGenerator::GenerateTailCallTable(Formatter& format) {
   // All entries without a fast-path parsing function need a fallback.
   std::string fallback;
   if (tc_table_info_->use_generated_fallback) {
-    fallback = ClassName(descriptor_) + "::Tct_ParseFallback";
+    fallback = absl::StrCat(ClassName(descriptor_), "::Tct_ParseFallback");
   } else {
     fallback = "::_pbi::TcParser::GenericFallback";
     if (GetOptimizeFor(descriptor_->file(), options_) ==
         FileOptions::LITE_RUNTIME) {
-      fallback += "Lite";
+      absl::StrAppend(&fallback, "Lite");
     }
   }
 
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ void ParseFunctionGenerator::GenerateFieldEntries(Formatter& format) {
       bool split = ShouldSplit(field, options_);
       if (split) {
         format("PROTOBUF_FIELD_OFFSET($classname$::Impl_::Split, $1$), ",
-               FieldName(field) + "_");
+               absl::StrCat(FieldName(field), "_"));
       } else {
         format("PROTOBUF_FIELD_OFFSET($classname$, $1$), ",
                FieldMemberName(field, /*cold=*/false));
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/plugin_unittest.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/plugin_unittest.cc
index ee3dfb77fb..3606505249 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/plugin_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/plugin_unittest.cc
@@ -172,44 +172,45 @@ class TestGenerator : public CodeGenerator {
 // not verify that they are correctly-placed; that would require actually
 // compiling the output which is a bit more than I care to do for this test.
 TEST(CppPluginTest, PluginTest) {
-  GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(File::SetContents(TestTempDir() + "/test.proto",
-                                  "syntax = \"proto2\";\n"
-                                  "package foo;\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "enum Thud { VALUE = 0; }\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "message Bar {\n"
-                                  "  message Baz {}\n"
-                                  "  optional int32 optInt = 1;\n"
-                                  "  repeated int32 repeatedInt = 2;\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "  required string requiredString = 3;\n"
-                                  "  repeated string repeatedString = 4;\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "  optional Baz optMessage = 6;\n"
-                                  "  repeated Baz repeatedMessage = 7;\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "  optional Thud optEnum = 8;\n"
-                                  "  repeated Thud repeatedEnum = 9;\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "  required string requiredCord = 10 [\n"
-                                  "    ctype = CORD\n"
-                                  "  ];\n"
-                                  "  repeated string repeatedCord = 11 [\n"
-                                  "    ctype = CORD\n"
-                                  "  ];\n"
-                                  "\n"
-                                  "  oneof Moo {\n"
-                                  "    int64 oneOfInt = 20;\n"
-                                  "    string oneOfString = 21;\n"
-                                  "    Baz oneOfMessage = 22;\n"
-                                  "    Thud oneOfEnum = 23;"
-                                  "    string oneOfCord = 24 [\n"
-                                  "      ctype = CORD\n"
-                                  "    ];\n"
-                                  "  }\n"
-                                  "}\n",
-                                  true));
+  GOOGLE_ABSL_CHECK_OK(
+      File::SetContents(absl::StrCat(TestTempDir(), "/test.proto"),
+                        "syntax = \"proto2\";\n"
+                        "package foo;\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "enum Thud { VALUE = 0; }\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "message Bar {\n"
+                        "  message Baz {}\n"
+                        "  optional int32 optInt = 1;\n"
+                        "  repeated int32 repeatedInt = 2;\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "  required string requiredString = 3;\n"
+                        "  repeated string repeatedString = 4;\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "  optional Baz optMessage = 6;\n"
+                        "  repeated Baz repeatedMessage = 7;\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "  optional Thud optEnum = 8;\n"
+                        "  repeated Thud repeatedEnum = 9;\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "  required string requiredCord = 10 [\n"
+                        "    ctype = CORD\n"
+                        "  ];\n"
+                        "  repeated string repeatedCord = 11 [\n"
+                        "    ctype = CORD\n"
+                        "  ];\n"
+                        "\n"
+                        "  oneof Moo {\n"
+                        "    int64 oneOfInt = 20;\n"
+                        "    string oneOfString = 21;\n"
+                        "    Baz oneOfMessage = 22;\n"
+                        "    Thud oneOfEnum = 23;"
+                        "    string oneOfCord = 24 [\n"
+                        "      ctype = CORD\n"
+                        "    ];\n"
+                        "  }\n"
+                        "}\n",
+                        true));
 
   CommandLineInterface cli;
   cli.SetInputsAreProtoPathRelative(true);
@@ -219,9 +220,9 @@ TEST(CppPluginTest, PluginTest) {
   cli.RegisterGenerator("--cpp_out", &cpp_generator, "");
   cli.RegisterGenerator("--test_out", &test_generator, "");
 
-  std::string proto_path = "-I" + TestTempDir();
-  std::string cpp_out = "--cpp_out=" + TestTempDir();
-  std::string test_out = "--test_out=" + TestTempDir();
+  std::string proto_path = absl::StrCat("-I", TestTempDir());
+  std::string cpp_out = absl::StrCat("--cpp_out=", TestTempDir());
+  std::string test_out = absl::StrCat("--test_out=", TestTempDir());
 
   const char* argv[] = {"protoc", proto_path.c_str(), cpp_out.c_str(),
                         test_out.c_str(), "test.proto"};
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/unittest.inc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/unittest.inc
index aaf149eff8..94b3f557df 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/unittest.inc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/unittest.inc
@@ -2107,10 +2107,11 @@ TEST(HELPERS_TEST_NAME, TestSCC) {
   std::string package = a.GetDescriptor()->file()->package();
   ASSERT_EQ(names.size(), 4);
   std::sort(names.begin(), names.end());
-  EXPECT_EQ(names[0], package + ".TestMutualRecursionA");
-  EXPECT_EQ(names[1], package + ".TestMutualRecursionA.SubGroup");
-  EXPECT_EQ(names[2], package + ".TestMutualRecursionA.SubMessage");
-  EXPECT_EQ(names[3], package + ".TestMutualRecursionB");
+  EXPECT_EQ(names[0], absl::StrCat(package, ".TestMutualRecursionA"));
+  EXPECT_EQ(names[1], absl::StrCat(package, ".TestMutualRecursionA.SubGroup"));
+  EXPECT_EQ(names[2],
+            absl::StrCat(package, ".TestMutualRecursionA.SubMessage"));
+  EXPECT_EQ(names[3], absl::StrCat(package, ".TestMutualRecursionB"));
 
   MessageAnalysis result = scc_analyzer.GetSCCAnalysis(scc);
   EXPECT_EQ(result.is_recursive, true);