diff --git a/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UString.cpp b/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UString.cpp
index e75a05c..3484d58 100644
--- a/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UString.cpp
+++ b/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UString.cpp
@@ -858,19 +858,6 @@ int compare(const UString& s1, const UString& s2)
     return (l1 > l2) ? 1 : -1;
 }
 
-bool equal(const UString::Rep* r, const UString::Rep* b)
-{
-    int length = r->size();
-    if (length != b->size())
-        return false;
-    const UChar* d = r->data();
-    const UChar* s = b->data();
-    for (int i = 0; i != length; ++i) {
-        if (d[i] != s[i])
-            return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
 
 CString UString::UTF8String(bool strict) const
 {
diff --git a/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UStringImpl.h b/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UStringImpl.h
index abed637..81e0b77 100644
--- a/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UStringImpl.h
+++ b/JavaScriptCore/runtime/UStringImpl.h
@@ -259,9 +259,11 @@ private:
         checkConsistency();
     }
 
+public:
     using Noncopyable::operator new;
-    void* operator new(size_t, void* inPlace) { return inPlace; }
+    void* operator new(size_t, void* p) { return p; }
 
+private:
     ~UStringImpl();
 
     // This number must be at least 2 to avoid sharing empty, null as well as 1 character strings from SmallStrings.
@@ -296,7 +298,19 @@ private:
     friend void initializeUString();
 };
 
-bool equal(const UStringImpl*, const UStringImpl*);
+bool equal(const UStringImpl* r, const UStringImpl* b)
+{
+    int length = r->size();
+    if (length != b->size())
+        return false;
+    const UChar* d = r->data();
+    const UChar* s = b->data();
+    for (int i = 0; i != length; ++i) {
+        if (d[i] != s[i])
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+};
 
 }
 
diff --git a/WebCore/platform/text/StringImpl.h b/WebCore/platform/text/StringImpl.h
index a105985..0d6613e 100644
--- a/WebCore/platform/text/StringImpl.h
+++ b/WebCore/platform/text/StringImpl.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     using Noncopyable::operator new;
-    void* operator new(size_t, void* inPlace) { ASSERT(inPlace); return inPlace; }
+    void* operator new(size_t, void* p) { ASSERT(p); return p; }
 
     static PassRefPtr<StringImpl> createStrippingNullCharactersSlowCase(const UChar*, unsigned length);