6 files changed, 10 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/common_funcs.h b/src/common/common_funcs.h
index c8a032eba..93f1c0044 100644
--- a/src/common/common_funcs.h
+++ b/src/common/common_funcs.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <string>
+
 #if !defined(ARCHITECTURE_x86_64) && !defined(ARCHITECTURE_ARM)
 #include <cstdlib> // for exit
 #endif
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ __declspec(dllimport) void __stdcall DebugBreak(void);
 // Call directly after the command or use the error num.
 // This function might change the error code.
 // Defined in Misc.cpp.
-const char* GetLastErrorMsg();
+std::string GetLastErrorMsg();
 
 namespace Common {
 
diff --git a/src/common/file_util.cpp b/src/common/file_util.cpp
index bf955386c..c882ab39f 100644
--- a/src/common/file_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/file_util.cpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ std::string GetBundleDirectory() {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-std::string& GetExeDirectory() {
+const std::string& GetExeDirectory() {
     static std::string exe_path;
     if (exe_path.empty()) {
         wchar_t wchar_exe_path[2048];
diff --git a/src/common/file_util.h b/src/common/file_util.h
index 026c84d94..1f38b1560 100644
--- a/src/common/file_util.h
+++ b/src/common/file_util.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ std::string GetBundleDirectory();
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-std::string& GetExeDirectory();
+const std::string& GetExeDirectory();
 std::string AppDataRoamingDirectory();
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/common/misc.cpp b/src/common/misc.cpp
index 7be2235b0..217a87098 100644
--- a/src/common/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/common/misc.cpp
@@ -4,34 +4,28 @@
 
 #include <cstddef>
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
+#include <Windows.h>
 #else
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <cstring>
 #endif
 
-// Neither Android nor OS X support TLS
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || (ANDROID && __clang__)
-#define __thread
-#endif
+#include "common/common_funcs.h"
 
 // Generic function to get last error message.
 // Call directly after the command or use the error num.
 // This function might change the error code.
-const char* GetLastErrorMsg() {
+std::string GetLastErrorMsg() {
     static const size_t buff_size = 255;
+    char err_str[buff_size];
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    static __declspec(thread) char err_str[buff_size] = {};
-
     FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, nullptr, GetLastError(),
                    MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), err_str, buff_size, nullptr);
 #else
-    static __thread char err_str[buff_size] = {};
-
     // Thread safe (XSI-compliant)
     strerror_r(errno, err_str, buff_size);
 #endif
 
-    return err_str;
+    return std::string(err_str, buff_size);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.cpp b/src/common/string_util.cpp
index 0027888c7..f3ad3d68a 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/string_util.cpp
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@ std::string ToUpper(std::string str) {
     return str;
 }
 
-// faster than sscanf
-bool AsciiToHex(const char* _szValue, u32& result) {
-    char* endptr = nullptr;
-    const u32 value = strtoul(_szValue, &endptr, 16);
-
-    if (!endptr || *endptr)
-        return false;
-
-    result = value;
-    return true;
-}
-
 // For Debugging. Read out an u8 array.
 std::string ArrayToString(const u8* data, size_t size, int line_len, bool spaces) {
     std::ostringstream oss;
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.h b/src/common/string_util.h
index 1f5a383cb..daa071f83 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.h
+++ b/src/common/string_util.h
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ static bool TryParse(const std::string& str, N* const output) {
         return false;
 }
 
-// TODO: kill this
-bool AsciiToHex(const char* _szValue, u32& result);
-
 std::string TabsToSpaces(int tab_size, const std::string& in);
 
 void SplitString(const std::string& str, char delim, std::vector<std::string>& output);