* this and Ib4762f5a260035f00b5e68cf45b687fdf02e9c02 reduces a default
  build on my machine from 2min25sec to 2min12sec
* without unitchecks, its down to 1min50sec now
* it reduces the build time on a i7-4770 Windows tinderbox from 99min to
  89min
* by now it also takes care of avoiding most string copying, although
  this can certainly be considered overeager given that the file
  creation on Windows took ~250ms per file before and still will take a
  lot longer than any string operation with this change

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