Using std::string_view over std::string (and const std::string&) has the advantage that we skip potential temporary std::string objects that are immediately thrown away, thus slowing down the code. It can also be implicitly cast to std::string, which makes it compatible with existing code that uses std::string.
With this, GCC 8 and above should now be able to compile the project both in obs-studio and as a standalone install. Some features are currently still not fully supported and require extra work, but the majority of things are supported and work out of the box. Exact feature parity can be looked up here on the wiki: https://github.com/Xaymar/obs-StreamFX/wiki/Platform-Feature-Parity
Related: #119#98#30
Michael Fabian 'Xaymar' Dirks