Index: libcfa/src/collections/string.cfa
===================================================================
--- libcfa/src/collections/string.cfa	(revision d03a386f1d6cd83b3e5eabdfdeb1a1a6903d70e6)
+++ libcfa/src/collections/string.cfa	(revision dab6e3975ec990501362d413e29071b3bcb74874)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 // Created On       : Fri Sep 03 11:00:00 2021
 // Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Wed Apr  9 22:27:40 2025
-// Update Count     : 368
+// Last Modified On : Fri Apr 11 08:31:21 2025
+// Update Count     : 369
 //
 
@@ -207,5 +207,4 @@
 
 forall( ostype & | basic_ostream( ostype ) ) {
-
 	ostype & ?|?( ostype & out, string s ) {
 		return out | (*s.inner); // print internal string_res
@@ -231,5 +230,4 @@
 
 forall( istype & | basic_istream( istype ) ) {
-
 	istype & ?|?( istype & in, string & s ) {
 		return in | (*s.inner); // read to internal string_res
@@ -540,7 +538,4 @@
     if ( pos < len( s ) ) {
 		r = s( 0, pos ) + to + replace( s( pos + (ssize_t)len( from ) ), from, to );
-		string front = s( 0, pos );
-		string back = s( pos + (ssize_t)len( from ) );
-		r = front + to + replace( back, from, to );
     } else {
 		r = s;
Index: libcfa/src/collections/string.hfa
===================================================================
--- libcfa/src/collections/string.hfa	(revision d03a386f1d6cd83b3e5eabdfdeb1a1a6903d70e6)
+++ libcfa/src/collections/string.hfa	(revision dab6e3975ec990501362d413e29071b3bcb74874)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 // Created On       : Fri Sep 03 11:00:00 2021
 // Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Wed Apr  9 22:27:41 2025
-// Update Count     : 259
+// Last Modified On : Fri Apr 11 08:28:27 2025
+// Update Count     : 260
 //
 
@@ -100,4 +100,5 @@
 	_Ostream_Manip(string) & nobase( _Ostream_Manip(string) & fmt ) { fmt.flags.nobsdp = true; return fmt; }
 } // distribution
+
 forall( ostype & | basic_ostream( ostype ) ) {
 	ostype & ?|?( ostype & os, _Ostream_Manip(string) f );
@@ -150,4 +151,5 @@
 	_Istream_Sstr & ignore( _Istream_Sstr & f ) { f.flags.ignore = true; return (_Istream_Sstr &)f; }
 } // distribution
+
 forall( istype & | basic_istream( istype ) ) {
 	istype & ?|?( istype & is, _Istream_Squoted f );
@@ -238,6 +240,4 @@
 size_t find( const string & s, size_t start, const char * key );
 size_t find( const string & s, size_t start, const char * key, size_t keysize );
-static inline ?^?( const string & key, const string & s ) { return find( s, key ); }
-static inline ?^?( const char * key, const string & s ) { return find( s, key ); }
 
 bool includes( const string & s, const string & mask );