diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp
index cd5b0388..a8bae421 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ const std::map<ox::StringView, std::function<ox::Error(ox::StringView)>> tests =
 				auto list = new (ox_alloca(buffLen)) ox::ptrarith::NodeBuffer<uint32_t, ox::FileStoreItem<uint32_t>>(buffLen);
 				oxAssert(ox::FileStore32::format(list, buffLen), "FileStore::format failed.");
 				ox::FileStore32 fileStore(list, buffLen);
-				oxAssert(fileStore.write(4, const_cast<char*>(str1), str1Len, 1), "FileStore::write 1 failed.");
-				oxAssert(fileStore.write(5, const_cast<char*>(str2), str2Len, 1), "FileStore::write 2 failed.");
+				oxAssert(fileStore.write(4, str1, str1Len, 1), "FileStore::write 1 failed.");
+				oxAssert(fileStore.write(5, str2, str2Len, 1), "FileStore::write 2 failed.");
 
 				char str1Read[str1Len];
 				size_t str1ReadSize = 0;
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/strops.cpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/strops.cpp
index a6b7f756..3d96457b 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/strops.cpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/strops.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "def.hpp"
+#include "span.hpp"
 #include "strops.hpp"
 
-OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 
 static_assert(ox::strcmp("asdf", "hijk") < 0, "asdf < hijk");
 static_assert(ox::strcmp("hijk", "asdf") > 0, "hijk > asdf");
@@ -19,30 +19,25 @@ static_assert(ox::strcmp("resize", "resize") == 0, "resize == resize");
 static_assert(ox::strcmp("", "") == 0, "\"\" == \"\"");
 
 static_assert([] {
-	auto testStr = "asdf";
-OX_CLANG_NOWARN_BEGIN(-Wunsafe-buffer-usage)
-	return ox::strchr(testStr, 0, 4) == &testStr[4];
-OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
+	auto constexpr testStr = ox::Span{"asdf"};
+	return ox::strchr(testStr.data(), 0, 4) == &testStr[4];
 }(), "ox::strchr 0");
 
 static_assert([] {
-	int retval = 0;
-	auto testStr = "aaaa";
+	auto constexpr testStr = "aaaa";
 	// test the const and non-const versions of ox::lastIndexOf
-	retval |= !(ox::lastIndexOf(const_cast<char*>(testStr), 'a', ox::strlen(testStr)) == 3);
-	retval |= !(ox::lastIndexOf(testStr, 'a', ox::strlen(testStr)) == 3);
-	return retval == 0;
+	return ox::lastIndexOf(testStr, 'a', ox::strlen(testStr)) == 3;
 }(), "ox::lastIndexOf aaaa a");
 
 #ifndef OX_USE_STDLIB
 
 extern "C"
-std::size_t strlen(const char *str) {
-	std::size_t len = 0;
-	for (; str[len]; len++);
+size_t strlen(const char *str) {
+	size_t len{};
+OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
+	while (str[len]) { ++len; }
+OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 	return len;
 }
 
 #endif
-
-OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
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