diff --git a/core/c/frontend/preprocessor/preprocess.odin b/core/c/frontend/preprocessor/preprocess.odin
index 1db3fafa3..4cfad2c1c 100644
--- a/core/c/frontend/preprocessor/preprocess.odin
+++ b/core/c/frontend/preprocessor/preprocess.odin
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ join_adjacent_string_literals :: proc(cpp: ^Preprocessor, initial_tok: ^Token) {
 
 
 quote_string :: proc(s: string) -> []byte {
-	b := strings.make_builder(0, len(s)+2)
+	b := strings.builder_make(0, len(s)+2)
 	io.write_quoted_string(strings.to_writer(&b), s, '"')
 	return b.buf[:]
 }
diff --git a/core/encoding/entity/entity.odin b/core/encoding/entity/entity.odin
index e5831a75f..694fcdffc 100644
--- a/core/encoding/entity/entity.odin
+++ b/core/encoding/entity/entity.odin
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import "core:strings"
 
 MAX_RUNE_CODEPOINT :: int(unicode.MAX_RUNE)
 
-write_rune   :: strings.write_rune_builder
-write_string :: strings.write_string_builder
+write_rune   :: strings.write_rune
+write_string :: strings.write_string
 
 Error :: enum u8 {
 	None = 0,
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ decode_xml :: proc(input: string, options := XML_Decode_Options{}, allocator :=
 	l := len(input)
 	if l == 0 { return "", .None }
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
-	defer strings.destroy_builder(&builder)
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&builder)
 
 	t := Tokenizer{src=input}
 	in_data := false
diff --git a/core/encoding/entity/example/entity_example.odin b/core/encoding/entity/example/entity_example.odin
index 6fc377f9d..6301eb263 100644
--- a/core/encoding/entity/example/entity_example.odin
+++ b/core/encoding/entity/example/entity_example.odin
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import "core:time"
 
 doc_print :: proc(doc: ^xml.Document) {
 	buf: strings.Builder
-	defer strings.destroy_builder(&buf)
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&buf)
 	w := strings.to_writer(&buf)
 
 	xml.print(w, doc)
diff --git a/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin b/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin
index 14df4c127..54fab44c6 100644
--- a/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin
+++ b/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Marshal_Error :: union #shared_nil {
 }
 
 marshal :: proc(v: any, allocator := context.allocator) -> (data: []byte, err: Marshal_Error) {
-	b := strings.make_builder(allocator)
+	b := strings.builder_make(allocator)
 	defer if err != nil {
-		strings.destroy_builder(&b)
+		strings.builder_destroy(&b)
 	}
 
 	marshal_to_builder(&b, v) or_return
diff --git a/core/encoding/xml/example/xml_example.odin b/core/encoding/xml/example/xml_example.odin
index f7e74840e..887b40764 100644
--- a/core/encoding/xml/example/xml_example.odin
+++ b/core/encoding/xml/example/xml_example.odin
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ example :: proc() {
 
 doc_hash :: proc(doc: ^xml.Document, print := false) -> (crc32: u32) {
 	buf: strings.Builder
-	defer strings.destroy_builder(&buf)
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&buf)
 	w := strings.to_writer(&buf)
 
 	xml.print(w, doc)
diff --git a/core/fmt/fmt.odin b/core/fmt/fmt.odin
index 78d4ddcd7..e03dfd678 100644
--- a/core/fmt/fmt.odin
+++ b/core/fmt/fmt.odin
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ register_user_formatter :: proc(id: typeid, formatter: User_Formatter) -> Regist
 // They must be freed accordingly
 aprint :: proc(args: ..any, sep := " ") -> string {
 	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&str)
+	strings.builder_init(&str)
 	sbprint(buf=&str, args=args, sep=sep)
 	return strings.to_string(str)
 }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ aprint :: proc(args: ..any, sep := " ") -> string {
 // They must be freed accordingly
 aprintln :: proc(args: ..any, sep := " ") -> string {
 	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&str)
+	strings.builder_init(&str)
 	sbprintln(buf=&str, args=args, sep=sep)
 	return strings.to_string(str)
 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ aprintln :: proc(args: ..any, sep := " ") -> string {
 // They must be freed accordingly
 aprintf :: proc(fmt: string, args: ..any) -> string {
 	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&str)
+	strings.builder_init(&str)
 	sbprintf(&str, fmt, ..args)
 	return strings.to_string(str)
 }
@@ -102,21 +102,21 @@ aprintf :: proc(fmt: string, args: ..any) -> string {
 // tprint procedure return a string that was allocated with the current context's temporary allocator
 tprint :: proc(args: ..any, sep := " ") -> string {
 	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&str, context.temp_allocator)
+	strings.builder_init(&str, context.temp_allocator)
 	sbprint(buf=&str, args=args, sep=sep)
 	return strings.to_string(str)
 }
 // tprintln procedure return a string that was allocated with the current context's temporary allocator
 tprintln :: proc(args: ..any, sep := " ") -> string {
 	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&str, context.temp_allocator)
+	strings.builder_init(&str, context.temp_allocator)
 	sbprintln(buf=&str, args=args, sep=sep)
 	return strings.to_string(str)
 }
 // tprintf procedure return a string that was allocated with the current context's temporary allocator
 tprintf :: proc(fmt: string, args: ..any) -> string {
 	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&str, context.temp_allocator)
+	strings.builder_init(&str, context.temp_allocator)
 	sbprintf(&str, fmt, ..args)
 	return strings.to_string(str)
 }
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ fmt_rune :: proc(fi: ^Info, r: rune, verb: rune) {
 	case 'c', 'r', 'v':
 		io.write_rune(fi.writer, r, &fi.n)
 	case 'q':
-		fi.n += strings.write_quoted_rune(fi.writer, r)
+		fi.n += io.write_quoted_rune(fi.writer, r)
 	case:
 		fmt_int(fi, u64(r), false, 32, verb)
 	}
diff --git a/core/hash/crc.odin b/core/hash/crc.odin
index b504e92fb..9c0048a0f 100644
--- a/core/hash/crc.odin
+++ b/core/hash/crc.odin
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package hash
 
 @(optimization_mode="speed")
-crc64_ecma_182 :: proc(data: []byte, seed := u32(0)) -> u64 #no_bounds_check {
-	result := u64(seed)
+crc64_ecma_182 :: proc(data: []byte, seed := u64(0)) -> (result: u64) #no_bounds_check {
+	result = seed
 	#no_bounds_check for b in data {
 		result = result<<8 ~ _crc64_table_ecma_182[((result>>56) ~ u64(b)) & 0xff]
 	}
diff --git a/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin b/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin
index 5a504cd7c..18545092d 100644
--- a/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin
+++ b/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ save_to_buffer :: proc(img: ^Image, custom_info: Info = {}, allocator := context
 
 	// we will write to a string builder
 	data: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&data)
+	strings.builder_init(&data)
 
 	// all PNM headers start with the format
 	fmt.sbprintf(&data, "%s\n", header.format)
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ _parse_header_pam :: proc(data: []byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (head
 
 	// string buffer for the tupltype
 	tupltype: strings.Builder
-	strings.init_builder(&tupltype, context.temp_allocator); defer strings.destroy_builder(&tupltype)
+	strings.builder_init(&tupltype, context.temp_allocator); defer strings.builder_destroy(&tupltype)
 	fmt.sbprint(&tupltype, "")
 
 	// PAM uses actual lines, so we can iterate easily
diff --git a/core/io/util.odin b/core/io/util.odin
index 9d253807b..46aa97919 100644
--- a/core/io/util.odin
+++ b/core/io/util.odin
@@ -247,6 +247,30 @@ write_quoted_string :: proc(w: Writer, str: string, quote: byte = '"', n_written
 	return
 }
 
+// writer append a quoted rune into the byte buffer, return the written size
+write_quoted_rune :: proc(w: Writer, r: rune) -> (n: int) {
+	_write_byte :: #force_inline proc(w: Writer, c: byte) -> int {
+		err := write_byte(w, c)
+		return 1 if err == nil else 0
+	}
+
+	quote := byte('\'')
+	n += _write_byte(w, quote)
+	buf, width := utf8.encode_rune(r)
+	if width == 1 && r == utf8.RUNE_ERROR {
+		n += _write_byte(w, '\\')
+		n += _write_byte(w, 'x')
+		n += _write_byte(w, DIGITS_LOWER[buf[0]>>4])
+		n += _write_byte(w, DIGITS_LOWER[buf[0]&0xf])
+	} else {
+		i, _ := write_escaped_rune(w, r, quote)
+		n += i
+	}
+	n += _write_byte(w, quote)
+	return
+}
+
+
 
 
 Tee_Reader :: struct {
diff --git a/core/odin/printer/printer.odin b/core/odin/printer/printer.odin
index 807cc99bd..63a3b543d 100644
--- a/core/odin/printer/printer.odin
+++ b/core/odin/printer/printer.odin
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ print :: proc(p: ^Printer, file: ^ast.File) -> string {
 
 	fix_lines(p)
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder(0, 5 * mem.Megabyte, p.allocator)
+	builder := strings.builder_make(0, 5 * mem.Megabyte, p.allocator)
 
 	last_line := 0
 
diff --git a/core/odin/printer/visit.odin b/core/odin/printer/visit.odin
index 70140f180..66166aa81 100644
--- a/core/odin/printer/visit.odin
+++ b/core/odin/printer/visit.odin
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ push_comment :: proc(p: ^Printer, comment: tokenizer.Token) -> int {
 
 		return 0
 	} else {
-		builder := strings.make_builder(context.temp_allocator)
+		builder := strings.builder_make(context.temp_allocator)
 
 		c_len      := len(comment.text)
 		trim_space := true
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ push_comment :: proc(p: ^Printer, comment: tokenizer.Token) -> int {
 				continue
 			case c == '\r' && comment.text[min(c_len - 1, i + 1)] == '\n':
 				append(&multilines, strings.to_string(builder))
-				builder = strings.make_builder(context.temp_allocator)
+				builder = strings.builder_make(context.temp_allocator)
 				trim_space = true
 				i += 1
 			case c == '\n':
 				append(&multilines, strings.to_string(builder))
-				builder = strings.make_builder(context.temp_allocator)
+				builder = strings.builder_make(context.temp_allocator)
 				trim_space = true
 			case c == '/' && comment.text[min(c_len - 1, i + 1)] == '*':
 				strings.write_string(&builder, "/*")
diff --git a/core/strings/builder.odin b/core/strings/builder.odin
index a910b0988..6de42804d 100644
--- a/core/strings/builder.odin
+++ b/core/strings/builder.odin
@@ -17,50 +17,53 @@ Builder :: struct {
 }
 
 // return a builder, default length 0 / cap 16 are done through make
-make_builder_none :: proc(allocator := context.allocator) -> Builder {
+builder_make_none :: proc(allocator := context.allocator) -> Builder {
 	return Builder{buf=make([dynamic]byte, allocator)}
 }
 
 // return a builder, with a set length `len` and cap 16 byte buffer
-make_builder_len :: proc(len: int, allocator := context.allocator) -> Builder {
+builder_make_len :: proc(len: int, allocator := context.allocator) -> Builder {
 	return Builder{buf=make([dynamic]byte, len, allocator)}
 }
 
 // return a builder, with a set length `len` byte buffer and a custom `cap`
-make_builder_len_cap :: proc(len, cap: int, allocator := context.allocator) -> Builder {
+builder_make_len_cap :: proc(len, cap: int, allocator := context.allocator) -> Builder {
 	return Builder{buf=make([dynamic]byte, len, cap, allocator)}
 }
 
-// overload simple `make_builder_*` with or without len / cap parameters
-make_builder :: proc{
-	make_builder_none,
-	make_builder_len,
-	make_builder_len_cap,
+// overload simple `builder_make_*` with or without len / cap parameters
+builder_make :: proc{
+	builder_make_none,
+	builder_make_len,
+	builder_make_len_cap,
 }
 
 // initialize a builder, default length 0 / cap 16 are done through make
 // replaces the existing `buf`
-init_builder_none :: proc(b: ^Builder, allocator := context.allocator) {
+builder_init_none :: proc(b: ^Builder, allocator := context.allocator) -> ^Builder {
 	b.buf = make([dynamic]byte, allocator)
+	return b
 }
 
 // initialize a builder, with a set length `len` and cap 16 byte buffer
 // replaces the existing `buf`
-init_builder_len :: proc(b: ^Builder, len: int, allocator := context.allocator) {
+builder_init_len :: proc(b: ^Builder, len: int, allocator := context.allocator) -> ^Builder {
 	b.buf = make([dynamic]byte, len, allocator)
+	return b
 }
 
 // initialize a builder, with a set length `len` byte buffer and a custom `cap`
 // replaces the existing `buf`
-init_builder_len_cap :: proc(b: ^Builder, len, cap: int, allocator := context.allocator) {
+builder_init_len_cap :: proc(b: ^Builder, len, cap: int, allocator := context.allocator) -> ^Builder {
 	b.buf = make([dynamic]byte, len, cap, allocator)
+	return b
 }
 
-// overload simple `init_builder_*` with or without len / ap parameters
-init_builder :: proc{
-	init_builder_none,
-	init_builder_len,
-	init_builder_len_cap,
+// overload simple `builder_init_*` with or without len / ap parameters
+builder_init :: proc{
+	builder_init_none,
+	builder_init_len,
+	builder_init_len_cap,
 }
 
 @(private)
@@ -103,18 +106,18 @@ to_writer :: proc(b: ^Builder) -> io.Writer {
 }
 
 // delete and clear the builder byte buffer content
-destroy_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder) {
+builder_destroy :: proc(b: ^Builder) {
 	delete(b.buf)
 	clear(&b.buf)
 }
 
 // reserve the builfer byte buffer to a specific cap, when it's higher than before
-grow_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, cap: int) {
+builder_grow :: proc(b: ^Builder, cap: int) {
 	reserve(&b.buf, cap)
 }
 
 // clear the builder byte buffer content
-reset_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder) {
+builder_reset :: proc(b: ^Builder) {
 	clear(&b.buf)
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ builder_space :: proc(b: Builder) -> int {
 /*
 	appends a byte to the builder, returns the append diff
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
 	strings.write_byte(&builder, 'a') // 1
 	strings.write_byte(&builder, 'b') // 1
 	strings.write_byte(&builder, 'c') // 1
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ write_byte :: proc(b: ^Builder, x: byte) -> (n: int) {
 /*
 	appends a slice of bytes to the builder, returns the append diff
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
 	bytes := [?]byte { 'a', 'b', 'c' }
 	strings.write_bytes(&builder, bytes[:]) // 3
 	fmt.println(strings.to_string(builder)) // -> abc
@@ -196,77 +199,46 @@ write_bytes :: proc(b: ^Builder, x: []byte) -> (n: int) {
 /*
 	appends a single rune into the builder, returns written rune size and an `io.Error`
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
-	strings.write_rune_builder(&builder, 'ä') // 2 None
-	strings.write_rune_builder(&builder, 'b') // 1 None
-	strings.write_rune_builder(&builder, 'c') // 1 None
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
+	strings.write_rune(&builder, 'ä') // 2 None
+	strings.write_rune(&builder, 'b') // 1 None
+	strings.write_rune(&builder, 'c') // 1 None
 	fmt.println(strings.to_string(builder)) // -> äbc
 */
-write_rune_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune) -> (int, io.Error) {
+write_rune :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune) -> (int, io.Error) {
 	return io.write_rune(to_writer(b), r)
 }
 
 /*
 	appends a quoted rune into the builder, returns written size
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
 	strings.write_string(&builder, "abc") // 3
-	strings.write_quoted_rune_builder(&builder, 'ä') // 4
+	strings.write_quoted_rune(&builder, 'ä') // 4
 	strings.write_string(&builder, "abc") // 3
 	fmt.println(strings.to_string(builder)) // -> abc'ä'abc
 */
-write_quoted_rune_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune) -> (n: int) {
-	return write_quoted_rune(to_writer(b), r)
+write_quoted_rune :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune) -> (n: int) {
+	return io.write_quoted_rune(to_writer(b), r)
 }
 
-@(private)
-_write_byte :: proc(w: io.Writer, c: byte) -> int {
-	err := io.write_byte(w, c)
-	return 1 if err == nil else 0
-}
-
-// writer append a quoted rune into the byte buffer, return the written size
-write_quoted_rune :: proc(w: io.Writer, r: rune) -> (n: int) {
-	quote := byte('\'')
-	n += _write_byte(w, quote)
-	buf, width := utf8.encode_rune(r)
-	if width == 1 && r == utf8.RUNE_ERROR {
-		n += _write_byte(w, '\\')
-		n += _write_byte(w, 'x')
-		n += _write_byte(w, DIGITS_LOWER[buf[0]>>4])
-		n += _write_byte(w, DIGITS_LOWER[buf[0]&0xf])
-	} else {
-		i, _ := io.write_escaped_rune(w, r, quote)
-		n += i
-	}
-	n += _write_byte(w, quote)
-	return
-}
-
-// overload for `write_string_*` variants
-write_string :: proc{
-	write_string_builder,
-	write_string_writer,
-}
 
 /*
 	appends a string to the builder, return the written byte size
 	
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
 	strings.write_string(&builder, "a") // 1
 	strings.write_string(&builder, "bc") // 2	
 	strings.write_string(&builder, "xyz") // 3
 	fmt.println(strings.to_string(builder)) // -> abcxyz
 */
-write_string_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, s: string) -> (n: int) {
-	return write_string_writer(to_writer(b), s)
+write_string :: proc(b: ^Builder, s: string) -> (n: int) {
+	n0 := len(b.buf)
+	append(&b.buf, s)
+	n1 := len(b.buf)
+	return n1-n0
 }
 
-// appends a string to the writer
-write_string_writer :: proc(w: io.Writer, s: string) -> (n: int) {
-	n, _ = io.write(w, transmute([]byte)s)
-	return
-}
 
 // pops and returns the last byte in the builder
 // returns 0 when the builder is empty
@@ -297,70 +269,36 @@ pop_rune :: proc(b: ^Builder) -> (r: rune, width: int) {
 @(private)
 DIGITS_LOWER := "0123456789abcdefx"
 
-// overload for `write_quoted_string_*` variants
-write_quoted_string :: proc{
-	write_quoted_string_builder,
-	write_quoted_string_writer,
-}
-
 /*
 	append a quoted string into the builder, return the written byte size
 
-	builder := strings.make_builder()
+	builder := strings.builder_make()
 	strings.write_quoted_string(&builder, "a") // 3
 	strings.write_quoted_string(&builder, "bc", '\'') // 4	
 	strings.write_quoted_string(&builder, "xyz") // 5
 	fmt.println(strings.to_string(builder)) // -> "a"'bc'xyz"
 */
-write_quoted_string_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, str: string, quote: byte = '"') -> (n: int) {
+write_quoted_string :: proc(b: ^Builder, str: string, quote: byte = '"') -> (n: int) {
 	n, _ = io.write_quoted_string(to_writer(b), str, quote)
 	return
 }
 
-@(deprecated="prefer io.write_quoted_string")
-write_quoted_string_writer :: proc(w: io.Writer, str: string, quote: byte = '"') -> (n: int) {
-	n, _ = io.write_quoted_string(w, str, quote)
-	return	
-}
-
-// overload for `write_encoded_rune_*`
-write_encoded_rune :: proc{
-	write_encoded_rune_builder,
-	write_encoded_rune_writer,
-}
 
 // appends a rune to the builder, optional `write_quote` boolean tag, returns the written rune size
-write_encoded_rune_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune, write_quote := true) -> (n: int) {
+write_encoded_rune :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune, write_quote := true) -> (n: int) {
 	n, _ = io.write_encoded_rune(to_writer(b), r, write_quote)
 	return
 
 }
-@(deprecated="prefer io.write_encoded_rune")
-write_encoded_rune_writer :: proc(w: io.Writer, r: rune, write_quote := true) -> (n: int) {
-	n, _ = io.write_encoded_rune(w, r, write_quote)
-	return
-}
-
-// overload for `write_escaped_rune_*`
-write_escaped_rune :: proc{
-	write_escaped_rune_builder,
-	write_escaped_rune_writer,
-}
 
 // appends a rune to the builder, fully written out in case of escaped runes e.g. '\a' will be written as such
 // when `r` and `quote` match and `quote` is `\\` - they will be written as two slashes
 // `html_safe` flag in case the runes '<', '>', '&' should be encoded as digits e.g. `\u0026`
-write_escaped_rune_builder :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune, quote: byte, html_safe := false) -> (n: int) {
+write_escaped_rune :: proc(b: ^Builder, r: rune, quote: byte, html_safe := false) -> (n: int) {
 	n, _ = io.write_escaped_rune(to_writer(b), r, quote, html_safe)
 	return
 }
 
-@(deprecated="prefer io.write_escaped_rune")
-write_escaped_rune_writer :: proc(w: io.Writer, r: rune, quote: byte, html_safe := false) -> (n: int) {
-	n, _ = io.write_escaped_rune(w, r, quote, html_safe)
-	return
-}
-
 // writes a u64 value `i` in `base` = 10 into the builder, returns the written amount of characters
 write_u64 :: proc(b: ^Builder, i: u64, base: int = 10) -> (n: int) {
 	buf: [32]byte
diff --git a/core/strings/conversion.odin b/core/strings/conversion.odin
index 5e7110281..ab827490d 100644
--- a/core/strings/conversion.odin
+++ b/core/strings/conversion.odin
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ to_valid_utf8 :: proc(s, replacement: string, allocator := context.allocator) ->
 	}
 
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, 0, allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, 0, allocator)
 
 	s := s
 	for c, i in s {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ to_valid_utf8 :: proc(s, replacement: string, allocator := context.allocator) ->
 
 		_, w := utf8.decode_rune_in_string(s[i:])
 		if w == 1 {
-			grow_builder(&b, len(s) + len(replacement))
+			builder_grow(&b, len(s) + len(replacement))
 			write_string(&b, s[:i])
 			s = s[i:]
 			break
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ to_valid_utf8 :: proc(s, replacement: string, allocator := context.allocator) ->
 */
 to_lower :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 	for r in s {
-		write_rune_builder(&b, unicode.to_lower(r))
+		write_rune(&b, unicode.to_lower(r))
 	}
 	return to_string(b)
 }
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ to_lower :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 */
 to_upper :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 	for r in s {
-		write_rune_builder(&b, unicode.to_upper(r))
+		write_rune(&b, unicode.to_upper(r))
 	}
 	return to_string(b)
 }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ to_camel_case :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	s := s
 	s = trim_space(s)
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
 	string_case_iterator(w, s, proc(w: io.Writer, prev, curr, next: rune) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ to_pascal_case :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	s := s
 	s = trim_space(s)
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
 	string_case_iterator(w, s, proc(w: io.Writer, prev, curr, next: rune) {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ to_delimiter_case :: proc(s: string, delimiter: rune, all_upper_case: bool, allo
 	s := s
 	s = trim_space(s)
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
 	adjust_case := unicode.to_upper if all_upper_case else unicode.to_lower
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ to_ada_case :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	s := s
 	s = trim_space(s)
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
 	prev, curr: rune
diff --git a/core/strings/strings.odin b/core/strings/strings.odin
index 6bdafbba4..603917698 100644
--- a/core/strings/strings.odin
+++ b/core/strings/strings.odin
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ split_multi_iterate :: proc(using sm: ^Split_Multi) -> (res: string, ok: bool) #
 scrub :: proc(s: string, replacement: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 	str := s
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, 0, len(s), allocator)
 
 	has_error := false
 	cursor := 0
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ expand_tabs :: proc(s: string, tab_size: int, allocator := context.allocator) ->
 	}
 
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, allocator)
+	builder_init(&b, allocator)
 	writer := to_writer(&b)
 	str := s
 	column: int
@@ -1690,8 +1690,8 @@ centre_justify :: proc(str: string, length: int, pad: string, allocator := conte
 	pad_len := rune_count(pad)
 
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, allocator)
-	grow_builder(&b, len(str) + (remains/pad_len + 1)*len(pad))
+	builder_init(&b, allocator)
+	builder_grow(&b, len(str) + (remains/pad_len + 1)*len(pad))
 
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
@@ -1713,8 +1713,8 @@ left_justify :: proc(str: string, length: int, pad: string, allocator := context
 	pad_len := rune_count(pad)
 
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, allocator)
-	grow_builder(&b, len(str) + (remains/pad_len + 1)*len(pad))
+	builder_init(&b, allocator)
+	builder_grow(&b, len(str) + (remains/pad_len + 1)*len(pad))
 
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
@@ -1735,8 +1735,8 @@ right_justify :: proc(str: string, length: int, pad: string, allocator := contex
 	pad_len := rune_count(pad)
 
 	b: Builder
-	init_builder(&b, allocator)
-	grow_builder(&b, len(str) + (remains/pad_len + 1)*len(pad))
+	builder_init(&b, allocator)
+	builder_grow(&b, len(str) + (remains/pad_len + 1)*len(pad))
 
 	w := to_writer(&b)
 
diff --git a/core/unicode/tools/generate_entity_table.odin b/core/unicode/tools/generate_entity_table.odin
index 075ec1cca..328ba9091 100644
--- a/core/unicode/tools/generate_entity_table.odin
+++ b/core/unicode/tools/generate_entity_table.odin
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ generate_encoding_entity_table :: proc() {
 	printf("\"%v\" loaded and parsed.\n", filename)
 
 	generated_buf: strings.Builder
-	defer strings.destroy_builder(&generated_buf)
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&generated_buf)
 	w := strings.to_writer(&generated_buf)
 
 	charlist, charlist_ok := xml.find_child_by_ident(doc.root, "charlist")
diff --git a/tests/core/encoding/varint/test_core_varint.odin b/tests/core/encoding/varint/test_core_varint.odin
index 2c3669afa..ee1798aa7 100644
--- a/tests/core/encoding/varint/test_core_varint.odin
+++ b/tests/core/encoding/varint/test_core_varint.odin
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ test_leb128 :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for num_bytes in 1..uint(16) {
-		for _ in 0..RANDOM_TESTS {
+	for num_bytes in 1..=uint(16) {
+		for _ in 0..=RANDOM_TESTS {
 			unsigned, signed := get_random(num_bytes)
 
 			{
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test_leb128 :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
 get_random :: proc(byte_count: uint) -> (u: u128, i: i128) {
 	assert(byte_count >= 0 && byte_count <= size_of(u128))
 
-	for _ in 1..byte_count {
+	for _ in 1..=byte_count {
 		u <<= 8
 		u |= u128(rand.uint32() & 0xff)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/core/encoding/xml/test_core_xml.odin b/tests/core/encoding/xml/test_core_xml.odin
index a17594b7e..3cfc75a65 100644
--- a/tests/core/encoding/xml/test_core_xml.odin
+++ b/tests/core/encoding/xml/test_core_xml.odin
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ doc_to_string :: proc(doc: ^xml.Document) -> (result: string) {
 	}
 
 	buf: strings.Builder
-	defer strings.destroy_builder(&buf)
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&buf)
 
 	print(strings.to_writer(&buf), doc)
 	return strings.clone(strings.to_string(buf))
diff --git a/vendor/microui/microui.odin b/vendor/microui/microui.odin
index 09a6b8430..7967f7f4b 100644
--- a/vendor/microui/microui.odin
+++ b/vendor/microui/microui.odin
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ end :: proc(ctx: ^Context) {
 
 	/* reset input state */
 	ctx.key_pressed_bits = {} // clear
-	strings.reset_builder(&ctx.text_input)
+	strings.builder_reset(&ctx.text_input)
 	ctx.mouse_pressed_bits = {} // clear
 	ctx.mouse_released_bits = {} // clear
 	ctx.scroll_delta = Vec2{0, 0}