1diff --git a/include/my_char_traits.h b/include/my_char_traits.h
2new file mode 100644
3index 00000000000..6336bc039c8
4--- /dev/null
5+++ b/include/my_char_traits.h
6@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
7+/* Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
8+
9+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.0,
11+ as published by the Free Software Foundation.
12+
13+ This program is designed to work with certain software (including
14+ but not limited to OpenSSL) that is licensed under separate terms,
15+ as designated in a particular file or component or in included license
16+ documentation. The authors of MySQL hereby grant you an additional
17+ permission to link the program and your derivative works with the
18+ separately licensed software that they have either included with
19+ the program or referenced in the documentation.
20+
21+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
22+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
23+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
24+ GNU General Public License, version 2.0, for more details.
25+
26+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
27+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
28+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */
29+
30+#ifndef MY_CHAR_TRAITS_INCLUDED
31+#define MY_CHAR_TRAITS_INCLUDED
32+
33+#include <cstring>
34+
35+template <class CharT>
36+struct my_char_traits;
37+
38+/*
39+ This is a standards-compliant, drop-in replacement for
40+ std::char_traits<unsigned char>
41+ We need this because clang libc++ is removing support for it in clang 19.
42+ It is not a complete implementation. Rather we implement just enough to
43+ compile any usage of char_traits<uchar> we have in our codebase.
44+ */
45+template <>
46+struct my_char_traits<unsigned char> {
47+ using char_type = unsigned char;
48+ using int_type = unsigned int;
49+
50+ static void assign(char_type &c1, const char_type &c2) { c1 = c2; }
51+
52+ static char_type *assign(char_type *s, std::size_t n, char_type a) {
53+ return static_cast<char_type *>(memset(s, a, n));
54+ }
55+
56+ static int compare(const char_type *s1, const char_type *s2, std::size_t n) {
57+ return memcmp(s1, s2, n);
58+ }
59+
60+ static char_type *move(char_type *s1, const char_type *s2, std::size_t n) {
61+ if (n == 0) return s1;
62+ return static_cast<char_type *>(memmove(s1, s2, n));
63+ }
64+
65+ static char_type *copy(char_type *s1, const char_type *s2, std::size_t n) {
66+ if (n == 0) return s1;
67+ return static_cast<char_type *>(memcpy(s1, s2, n));
68+ }
69+};
70+
71+#endif // MY_CHAR_TRAITS_INCLUDED
72diff --git a/sql/mdl_context_backup.h b/sql/mdl_context_backup.h
73index 89e7e23df34..cf9c307ec2d 100644
74--- a/sql/mdl_context_backup.h
75+++ b/sql/mdl_context_backup.h
76@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
77 #include <map>
78 #include <memory>
79
80+#include "my_char_traits.h"
81 #include "sql/malloc_allocator.h"
82 #include "sql/mdl.h"
83
84@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ class MDL_context_backup_manager {
85 /**
86 Key for uniquely identifying MDL_context in the MDL_context_backup map.
87 */
88- typedef std::basic_string<uchar> MDL_context_backup_key;
89+ using MDL_context_backup_key =
90+ std::basic_string<uchar, my_char_traits<uchar>>;
91
92 class MDL_context_backup;
93
94diff --git a/sql/range_optimizer/index_range_scan_plan.cc b/sql/range_optimizer/index_range_scan_plan.cc
95index 74fbb100397..8ed1f50da33 100644
96--- a/sql/range_optimizer/index_range_scan_plan.cc
97+++ b/sql/range_optimizer/index_range_scan_plan.cc
98@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
99 #include "sql/thr_malloc.h"
100 #include "sql_string.h"
101
102+#include "my_char_traits.h"
103+
104 using opt_range::null_element;
105 using std::max;
106 using std::min;
107@@ -1025,8 +1027,8 @@ static bool null_part_in_key(KEY_PART *key_part, const uchar *key,
108
109 // TODO(sgunders): This becomes a bit simpler with C++20's string_view
110 // constructors.
111-static inline std::basic_string_view<uchar> make_string_view(const uchar *start,
112- const uchar *end) {
113+static inline std::basic_string_view<uchar, my_char_traits<uchar>>
114+make_string_view(const uchar *start, const uchar *end) {
115 return {start, static_cast<size_t>(end - start)};
116 }
117
118diff --git a/sql/stream_cipher.h b/sql/stream_cipher.h
119index 606d40645c6..358fbb41959 100644
120--- a/sql/stream_cipher.h
121+++ b/sql/stream_cipher.h
122@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
123 #include <memory>
124 #include <string>
125
126+#include "my_char_traits.h"
127+
128 /**
129 @file stream_cipher.h
130
131@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@
132 binary log files.
133 */
134
135-typedef std::basic_string<unsigned char> Key_string;
136+using Key_string =
137+ std::basic_string<unsigned char, my_char_traits<unsigned char>>;
138
139 /**
140 @class Stream_cipher
141diff --git a/unittest/gunit/binlogevents/transaction_compression-t.cc b/unittest/gunit/binlogevents/transaction_compression-t.cc
142index ba13f979aa3..01af0e3a360 100644
143--- a/unittest/gunit/binlogevents/transaction_compression-t.cc
144+++ b/unittest/gunit/binlogevents/transaction_compression-t.cc
145@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
146 */
147
148 #include <array>
149+#include <string>
150
151 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
152 #include "libbinlogevents/include/binary_log.h"
153@@ -51,14 +52,13 @@ class TransactionPayloadCompressionTest : public ::testing::Test {
154 using Managed_buffer_t = Decompressor_t::Managed_buffer_t;
155 using Size_t = Decompressor_t::Size_t;
156 using Char_t = Decompressor_t::Char_t;
157- using String_t = std::basic_string<Char_t>;
158 using Decompress_status_t =
159 binary_log::transaction::compression::Decompress_status;
160 using Compress_status_t =
161 binary_log::transaction::compression::Compress_status;
162
163- static String_t constant_data(Size_t size) {
164- return String_t(size, (Char_t)'a');
165+ static std::string constant_data(Size_t size) {
166+ return std::string(size, (Char_t)'a');
167 }
168
169 protected:
170@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class TransactionPayloadCompressionTest : public ::testing::Test {
171 void TearDown() override {}
172
173 static void compression_idempotency_test(Compressor_t &c, Decompressor_t &d,
174- String_t data) {
175+ const std::string &data) {
176 auto debug_string = concat(
177 binary_log::transaction::compression::type_to_string(c.get_type_code()),
178 " ", data.size());
179@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class TransactionPayloadCompressionTest : public ::testing::Test {
180
181 // Check decompressed data
182 ASSERT_EQ(managed_buffer.read_part().size(), data.size()) << debug_string;
183- ASSERT_EQ(data, String_t(managed_buffer.read_part().begin(),
184- managed_buffer.read_part().end()))
185+ ASSERT_EQ(data, std::string(managed_buffer.read_part().begin(),
186+ managed_buffer.read_part().end()))
187 << debug_string;
188
189 // Check that we reached EOF
190@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ TEST_F(TransactionPayloadCompressionTest, CompressDecompressZstdTest) {
191 for (auto size : buffer_sizes) {
192 binary_log::transaction::compression::Zstd_dec d;
193 binary_log::transaction::compression::Zstd_comp c;
194- String_t data{TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::constant_data(size)};
195+ std::string data{TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::constant_data(size)};
196 TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::compression_idempotency_test(c, d, data);
197 c.set_compression_level(22);
198 TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::compression_idempotency_test(c, d, data);
199@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ TEST_F(TransactionPayloadCompressionTest, CompressDecompressNoneTest) {
200 for (auto size : buffer_sizes) {
201 binary_log::transaction::compression::None_dec d;
202 binary_log::transaction::compression::None_comp c;
203- String_t data{TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::constant_data(size)};
204+ std::string data{TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::constant_data(size)};
205 TransactionPayloadCompressionTest::compression_idempotency_test(c, d, data);
206 }
207 }