diff --git a/stl/inc/bitset b/stl/inc/bitset
index b91f8a6eb38..2c438e7dc21 100644
--- a/stl/inc/bitset
+++ b/stl/inc/bitset
@@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ public:
     _NODISCARD _CONSTEXPR23 basic_string<_Elem, _Tr, _Alloc> to_string(
         const _Elem _Elem0 = static_cast<_Elem>('0'), const _Elem _Elem1 = static_cast<_Elem>('1')) const {
         // convert bitset to string
-        basic_string<_Elem, _Tr, _Alloc> _Str(_Bits, _Elem0);
-        for (size_t _Pos = 0; _Pos < _Bits; ++_Pos) {
-            if (_Subscript(_Bits - 1 - _Pos)) {
-                _Str[_Pos] = _Elem1;
+        basic_string<_Elem, _Tr, _Alloc> _Str;
+        _Str._Resize_and_overwrite(_Bits, [this, _Elem0, _Elem1](_Elem* _Buf, size_t _Len) {
+            for (size_t _Pos = 0; _Pos < _Len; ++_Pos) {
+                _Buf[_Pos] = _Subscript(_Len - 1 - _Pos) ? _Elem1 : _Elem0;
             }
-        }
-
+            return _Len;
+        });
         return _Str;
     }
 
diff --git a/stl/inc/xstring b/stl/inc/xstring
index 455e6ae8f12..adb18c1f429 100644
--- a/stl/inc/xstring
+++ b/stl/inc/xstring
@@ -4158,11 +4158,16 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-#if _HAS_CXX23
 #pragma warning(push)
 #pragma warning(disable : 4018) // '<=': signed/unsigned mismatch (we compare to 0 before _New_size below, so it's safe)
     template <class _Operation>
-    constexpr void resize_and_overwrite(_CRT_GUARDOVERFLOW const size_type _New_size, _Operation _Op) {
+    constexpr void
+#if _HAS_CXX23
+        resize_and_overwrite
+#else // ^^^ _HAS_CXX23 / !_HAS_CXX23 vvv
+        _Resize_and_overwrite
+#endif // ^^^ !_HAS_CXX23 ^^^
+        (_CRT_GUARDOVERFLOW const size_type _New_size, _Operation _Op) {
         if (_Mypair._Myval2._Myres < _New_size) {
             _Reallocate_grow_by(_New_size - _Mypair._Myval2._Mysize,
                 [](_Elem* const _New_ptr, const _Elem* const _Old_ptr, const size_type _Old_size) {
@@ -4180,6 +4185,12 @@ public:
         _Eos(static_cast<size_type>(_Result_size));
     }
 #pragma warning(pop)
+
+#if _HAS_CXX23
+    template <class _Operation>
+    constexpr void _Resize_and_overwrite(_CRT_GUARDOVERFLOW const size_type _New_size, _Operation _Op) {
+        resize_and_overwrite(_New_size, _Op);
+    }
 #endif // _HAS_CXX23
 
     _NODISCARD _CONSTEXPR20 size_type capacity() const noexcept {