4 files changed, 27 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel b/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
index f18b16001e4e..20511a356d89 100644
--- a/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/absl/strings/BUILD.bazel
@@ -559,7 +559,6 @@ cc_library(
         ":strings",
         "//absl/base:config",
         "//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "//absl/container:inlined_vector",
         "//absl/meta:type_traits",
         "//absl/numeric:int128",
         "//absl/types:span",
diff --git a/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
index f7821290b7de..e63eec191fcc 100644
--- a/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/strings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ absl_cc_library(
     absl::strings
     absl::config
     absl::core_headers
-    absl::inlined_vector
     absl::type_traits
     absl::int128
     absl::span
diff --git a/absl/strings/internal/str_format/bind.h b/absl/strings/internal/str_format/bind.h
index 4f782952b501..7df140a43633 100644
--- a/absl/strings/internal/str_format/bind.h
+++ b/absl/strings/internal/str_format/bind.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "absl/base/port.h"
-#include "absl/container/inlined_vector.h"
 #include "absl/strings/internal/str_format/arg.h"
 #include "absl/strings/internal/str_format/checker.h"
 #include "absl/strings/internal/str_format/parser.h"
@@ -138,7 +137,17 @@ class Streamable {
  public:
   Streamable(const UntypedFormatSpecImpl& format,
              absl::Span<const FormatArgImpl> args)
-      : format_(format), args_(args.begin(), args.end()) {}
+      : format_(format) {
+    if (args.size() <= ABSL_ARRAYSIZE(few_args_)) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < args.size(); ++i) {
+        few_args_[i] = args[i];
+      }
+      args_ = absl::MakeSpan(few_args_, args.size());
+    } else {
+      many_args_.assign(args.begin(), args.end());
+      args_ = many_args_;
+    }
+  }
 
   std::ostream& Print(std::ostream& os) const;
 
@@ -148,7 +157,12 @@ class Streamable {
 
  private:
   const UntypedFormatSpecImpl& format_;
-  absl::InlinedVector<FormatArgImpl, 4> args_;
+  absl::Span<const FormatArgImpl> args_;
+  // if args_.size() is 4 or less:
+  FormatArgImpl few_args_[4] = {FormatArgImpl(0), FormatArgImpl(0),
+                                FormatArgImpl(0), FormatArgImpl(0)};
+  // if args_.size() is more than 4:
+  std::vector<FormatArgImpl> many_args_;
 };
 
 // for testing
diff --git a/absl/strings/str_format_test.cc b/absl/strings/str_format_test.cc
index 96c623496592..cfd81bb34be3 100644
--- a/absl/strings/str_format_test.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/str_format_test.cc
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ TEST_F(FormatEntryPointTest, UntypedFormat) {
     "",
     "a",
     "%80d",
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
-    // MSVC and Android don't support positional syntax.
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__)
+    // MSVC, NaCL and Android don't support positional syntax.
     "complicated multipart %% %1$d format %1$0999d",
 #endif  // _MSC_VER
   };
@@ -153,17 +153,20 @@ TEST_F(FormatEntryPointTest, Stream) {
     "",
     "a",
     "%80d",
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
-    // MSVC doesn't support positional syntax.
+    "%d %u %c %s %f %g",
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__native_client__)
+    // MSVC, NaCL and Android don't support positional syntax.
     "complicated multipart %% %1$d format %1$080d",
 #endif  // _MSC_VER
   };
   std::string buf(4096, '\0');
   for (const auto& fmt : formats) {
-    const auto parsed = ParsedFormat<'d'>::NewAllowIgnored(fmt);
+    const auto parsed =
+        ParsedFormat<'d', 'u', 'c', 's', 'f', 'g'>::NewAllowIgnored(fmt);
     std::ostringstream oss;
-    oss << StreamFormat(*parsed, 123);
-    int fmt_result = snprintf(&*buf.begin(), buf.size(), fmt.c_str(), 123);
+    oss << StreamFormat(*parsed, 123, 3, 49, "multistreaming!!!", 1.01, 1.01);
+    int fmt_result = snprintf(&*buf.begin(), buf.size(), fmt.c_str(),  //
+                                 123, 3, 49, "multistreaming!!!", 1.01, 1.01);
     ASSERT_TRUE(oss) << fmt;
     ASSERT_TRUE(fmt_result >= 0 && static_cast<size_t>(fmt_result) < buf.size())
         << fmt_result;