diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 104c54e..788c475 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = \
   CHANGES \
   CONTRIBUTORS \
+  LICENSE \
   include/gtest/gtest-param-test.h.pump \
   include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util-generated.h.pump \
   include/gtest/internal/gtest-tuple.h.pump \
diff --git a/README b/README
index 17bf72f..26f35a8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -119,21 +119,22 @@
 
   ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
 
-with
-
-  ${GTEST_DIR}/include and ${GTEST_DIR}
-
-in the header search path.  Assuming a Linux-like system and gcc,
+with ${GTEST_DIR}/include in the system header search path and ${GTEST_DIR}
+in the normal header search path.  Assuming a Linux-like system and gcc,
 something like the following will do:
 
-  g++ -I${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} -c ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
+  g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -I${GTEST_DIR} \
+      -pthread -c ${GTEST_DIR}/src/gtest-all.cc
   ar -rv libgtest.a gtest-all.o
 
-Next, you should compile your test source file with
-${GTEST_DIR}/include in the header search path, and link it with gtest
-and any other necessary libraries:
+(We need -pthread as Google Test uses threads.)
 
-  g++ -I${GTEST_DIR}/include path/to/your_test.cc libgtest.a -o your_test
+Next, you should compile your test source file with
+${GTEST_DIR}/include in the system header search path, and link it
+with gtest and any other necessary libraries:
+
+  g++ -isystem ${GTEST_DIR}/include -pthread path/to/your_test.cc libgtest.a \
+      -o your_test
 
 As an example, the make/ directory contains a Makefile that you can
 use to build Google Test on systems where GNU make is available
diff --git a/include/gtest/gtest-message.h b/include/gtest/gtest-message.h
index 6336b4a..fe879bc 100644
--- a/include/gtest/gtest-message.h
+++ b/include/gtest/gtest-message.h
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@
 
 #include <limits>
 
-#include "gtest/internal/gtest-string.h"
-#include "gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h"
+#include "gtest/internal/gtest-port.h"
+
+// Ensures that there is at least one operator<< in the global namespace.
+// See Message& operator<<(...) below for why.
+void operator<<(const testing::internal::Secret&, int);
 
 namespace testing {
 
@@ -87,15 +90,7 @@
 
  public:
   // Constructs an empty Message.
-  // We allocate the stringstream separately because otherwise each use of
-  // ASSERT/EXPECT in a procedure adds over 200 bytes to the procedure's
-  // stack frame leading to huge stack frames in some cases; gcc does not reuse
-  // the stack space.
-  Message() : ss_(new ::std::stringstream) {
-    // By default, we want there to be enough precision when printing
-    // a double to a Message.
-    *ss_ << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10 + 2);
-  }
+  Message();
 
   // Copy constructor.
   Message(const Message& msg) : ss_(new ::std::stringstream) {  // NOLINT
@@ -118,7 +113,22 @@
   // Streams a non-pointer value to this object.
   template <typename T>
   inline Message& operator <<(const T& val) {
-    ::GTestStreamToHelper(ss_.get(), val);
+    // Some libraries overload << for STL containers.  These
+    // overloads are defined in the global namespace instead of ::std.
+    //
+    // C++'s symbol lookup rule (i.e. Koenig lookup) says that these
+    // overloads are visible in either the std namespace or the global
+    // namespace, but not other namespaces, including the testing
+    // namespace which Google Test's Message class is in.
+    //
+    // To allow STL containers (and other types that has a << operator
+    // defined in the global namespace) to be used in Google Test
+    // assertions, testing::Message must access the custom << operator
+    // from the global namespace.  With this using declaration,
+    // overloads of << defined in the global namespace and those
+    // visible via Koenig lookup are both exposed in this function.
+    using ::operator <<;
+    *ss_ << val;
     return *this;
   }
 
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@
     if (pointer == NULL) {
       *ss_ << "(null)";
     } else {
-      ::GTestStreamToHelper(ss_.get(), pointer);
+      *ss_ << pointer;
     }
     return *this;
   }
@@ -164,12 +174,8 @@
 
   // These two overloads allow streaming a wide C string to a Message
   // using the UTF-8 encoding.
-  Message& operator <<(const wchar_t* wide_c_str) {
-    return *this << internal::String::ShowWideCString(wide_c_str);
-  }
-  Message& operator <<(wchar_t* wide_c_str) {
-    return *this << internal::String::ShowWideCString(wide_c_str);
-  }
+  Message& operator <<(const wchar_t* wide_c_str);
+  Message& operator <<(wchar_t* wide_c_str);
 
 #if GTEST_HAS_STD_WSTRING
   // Converts the given wide string to a narrow string using the UTF-8
@@ -187,9 +193,7 @@
   // Each '\0' character in the buffer is replaced with "\\0".
   //
   // INTERNAL IMPLEMENTATION - DO NOT USE IN A USER PROGRAM.
-  std::string GetString() const {
-    return internal::StringStreamToString(ss_.get());
-  }
+  std::string GetString() const;
 
  private:
 
@@ -199,16 +203,20 @@
   // decide between class template specializations for T and T*, so a
   // tr1::type_traits-like is_pointer works, and we can overload on that.
   template <typename T>
-  inline void StreamHelper(internal::true_type /*dummy*/, T* pointer) {
+  inline void StreamHelper(internal::true_type /*is_pointer*/, T* pointer) {
     if (pointer == NULL) {
       *ss_ << "(null)";
     } else {
-      ::GTestStreamToHelper(ss_.get(), pointer);
+      *ss_ << pointer;
     }
   }
   template <typename T>
-  inline void StreamHelper(internal::false_type /*dummy*/, const T& value) {
-    ::GTestStreamToHelper(ss_.get(), value);
+  inline void StreamHelper(internal::false_type /*is_pointer*/,
+                           const T& value) {
+    // See the comments in Message& operator <<(const T&) above for why
+    // we need this using statement.
+    using ::operator <<;
+    *ss_ << value;
   }
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_SYMBIAN
 
@@ -225,6 +233,18 @@
   return os << sb.GetString();
 }
 
+namespace internal {
+
+// Converts a streamable value to an std::string.  A NULL pointer is
+// converted to "(null)".  When the input value is a ::string,
+// ::std::string, ::wstring, or ::std::wstring object, each NUL
+// character in it is replaced with "\\0".
+template <typename T>
+std::string StreamableToString(const T& streamable) {
+  return (Message() << streamable).GetString();
+}
+
+}  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 
 #endif  // GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_GTEST_MESSAGE_H_
diff --git a/include/gtest/gtest.h b/include/gtest/gtest.h
index 9ecb145..6d13ff6 100644
--- a/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
 class NoExecDeathTest;
 class FinalSuccessChecker;
 class GTestFlagSaver;
+class StreamingListenerTest;
 class TestResultAccessor;
 class TestEventListenersAccessor;
 class TestEventRepeater;
@@ -162,18 +163,6 @@
 void ReportFailureInUnknownLocation(TestPartResult::Type result_type,
                                     const std::string& message);
 
-// Converts a streamable value to an std::string.  A NULL pointer is
-// converted to "(null)".  When the input value is a ::string,
-// ::std::string, ::wstring, or ::std::wstring object, each NUL
-// character in it is replaced with "\\0".
-// Declared in gtest-internal.h but defined here, so that it has access
-// to the definition of the Message class, required by the ARM
-// compiler.
-template <typename T>
-std::string StreamableToString(const T& streamable) {
-  return (Message() << streamable).GetString();
-}
-
 }  // namespace internal
 
 // The friend relationship of some of these classes is cyclic.
@@ -679,8 +668,10 @@
   friend class Test;
   friend class TestCase;
   friend class internal::UnitTestImpl;
+  friend class internal::StreamingListenerTest;
   friend TestInfo* internal::MakeAndRegisterTestInfo(
-      const char* test_case_name, const char* name,
+      const char* test_case_name,
+      const char* name,
       const char* type_param,
       const char* value_param,
       internal::TypeId fixture_class_id,
@@ -690,9 +681,10 @@
 
   // Constructs a TestInfo object. The newly constructed instance assumes
   // ownership of the factory object.
-  TestInfo(const char* test_case_name, const char* name,
-           const char* a_type_param,
-           const char* a_value_param,
+  TestInfo(const std::string& test_case_name,
+           const std::string& name,
+           const char* a_type_param,   // NULL if not a type-parameterized test
+           const char* a_value_param,  // NULL if not a value-parameterized test
            internal::TypeId fixture_class_id,
            internal::TestFactoryBase* factory);
 
@@ -1217,6 +1209,7 @@
   friend class Test;
   friend class internal::AssertHelper;
   friend class internal::ScopedTrace;
+  friend class internal::StreamingListenerTest;
   friend Environment* AddGlobalTestEnvironment(Environment* env);
   friend internal::UnitTestImpl* internal::GetUnitTestImpl();
   friend void internal::ReportFailureInUnknownLocation(
@@ -2222,15 +2215,20 @@
   GTEST_TEST_(test_fixture, test_name, test_fixture, \
               ::testing::internal::GetTypeId<test_fixture>())
 
-// Use this macro in main() to run all tests.  It returns 0 if all
+}  // namespace testing
+
+// Use this function in main() to run all tests.  It returns 0 if all
 // tests are successful, or 1 otherwise.
 //
 // RUN_ALL_TESTS() should be invoked after the command line has been
 // parsed by InitGoogleTest().
+//
+// This function was formerly a macro; thus, it is in the global
+// namespace and has an all-caps name.
+int RUN_ALL_TESTS() GTEST_MUST_USE_RESULT_;
 
-#define RUN_ALL_TESTS()\
-  (::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->Run())
-
-}  // namespace testing
+inline int RUN_ALL_TESTS() {
+  return ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->Run();
+}
 
 #endif  // GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_GTEST_H_
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
index 6e3dd66..1604725 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
@@ -46,12 +46,17 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_LINUX
 
+#if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
+# include <stdexcept>
+#endif
+
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <limits>
 #include <set>
 
+#include "gtest/gtest-message.h"
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-string.h"
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-filepath.h"
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h"
@@ -67,36 +72,6 @@
 #define GTEST_CONCAT_TOKEN_(foo, bar) GTEST_CONCAT_TOKEN_IMPL_(foo, bar)
 #define GTEST_CONCAT_TOKEN_IMPL_(foo, bar) foo ## bar
 
-// Google Test defines the testing::Message class to allow construction of
-// test messages via the << operator.  The idea is that anything
-// streamable to std::ostream can be streamed to a testing::Message.
-// This allows a user to use his own types in Google Test assertions by
-// overloading the << operator.
-//
-// util/gtl/stl_logging.h overloads << for STL containers.  These
-// overloads cannot be defined in the std namespace, as that will be
-// undefined behavior.  Therefore, they are defined in the global
-// namespace instead.
-//
-// C++'s symbol lookup rule (i.e. Koenig lookup) says that these
-// overloads are visible in either the std namespace or the global
-// namespace, but not other namespaces, including the testing
-// namespace which Google Test's Message class is in.
-//
-// To allow STL containers (and other types that has a << operator
-// defined in the global namespace) to be used in Google Test assertions,
-// testing::Message must access the custom << operator from the global
-// namespace.  Hence this helper function.
-//
-// Note: Jeffrey Yasskin suggested an alternative fix by "using
-// ::operator<<;" in the definition of Message's operator<<.  That fix
-// doesn't require a helper function, but unfortunately doesn't
-// compile with MSVC.
-template <typename T>
-inline void GTestStreamToHelper(std::ostream* os, const T& val) {
-  *os << val;
-}
-
 class ProtocolMessage;
 namespace proto2 { class Message; }
 
@@ -128,11 +103,6 @@
 // stack trace.
 GTEST_API_ extern const char kStackTraceMarker[];
 
-// A secret type that Google Test users don't know about.  It has no
-// definition on purpose.  Therefore it's impossible to create a
-// Secret object, which is what we want.
-class Secret;
-
 // Two overloaded helpers for checking at compile time whether an
 // expression is a null pointer literal (i.e. NULL or any 0-valued
 // compile-time integral constant).  Their return values have
@@ -166,6 +136,21 @@
 GTEST_API_ std::string AppendUserMessage(
     const std::string& gtest_msg, const Message& user_msg);
 
+#if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
+
+// This exception is thrown by (and only by) a failed Google Test
+// assertion when GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure) is true (if exceptions
+// are enabled).  We derive it from std::runtime_error, which is for
+// errors presumably detectable only at run time.  Since
+// std::runtime_error inherits from std::exception, many testing
+// frameworks know how to extract and print the message inside it.
+class GTEST_API_ GoogleTestFailureException : public ::std::runtime_error {
+ public:
+  explicit GoogleTestFailureException(const TestPartResult& failure);
+};
+
+#endif  // GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
+
 // A helper class for creating scoped traces in user programs.
 class GTEST_API_ ScopedTrace {
  public:
@@ -185,16 +170,6 @@
                             // c'tor and d'tor.  Therefore it doesn't
                             // need to be used otherwise.
 
-// Converts a streamable value to an std::string.  A NULL pointer is
-// converted to "(null)".  When the input value is a ::string,
-// ::std::string, ::wstring, or ::std::wstring object, each NUL
-// character in it is replaced with "\\0".
-// Declared here but defined in gtest.h, so that it has access
-// to the definition of the Message class, required by the ARM
-// compiler.
-template <typename T>
-std::string StreamableToString(const T& streamable);
-
 // Constructs and returns the message for an equality assertion
 // (e.g. ASSERT_EQ, EXPECT_STREQ, etc) failure.
 //
@@ -292,7 +267,7 @@
   // bits.  Therefore, 4 should be enough for ordinary use.
   //
   // See the following article for more details on ULP:
-  // http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm.
+  // http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/
   static const size_t kMaxUlps = 4;
 
   // Constructs a FloatingPoint from a raw floating-point number.
@@ -493,7 +468,7 @@
 //   test_case_name:   name of the test case
 //   name:             name of the test
 //   type_param        the name of the test's type parameter, or NULL if
-//                     this is not  a typed or a type-parameterized test.
+//                     this is not a typed or a type-parameterized test.
 //   value_param       text representation of the test's value parameter,
 //                     or NULL if this is not a type-parameterized test.
 //   fixture_class_id: ID of the test fixture class
@@ -503,7 +478,8 @@
 //                     The newly created TestInfo instance will assume
 //                     ownership of the factory object.
 GTEST_API_ TestInfo* MakeAndRegisterTestInfo(
-    const char* test_case_name, const char* name,
+    const char* test_case_name,
+    const char* name,
     const char* type_param,
     const char* value_param,
     TypeId fixture_class_id,
@@ -591,8 +567,8 @@
     // First, registers the first type-parameterized test in the type
     // list.
     MakeAndRegisterTestInfo(
-        String::Format("%s%s%s/%d", prefix, prefix[0] == '\0' ? "" : "/",
-                       case_name, index).c_str(),
+        (std::string(prefix) + (prefix[0] == '\0' ? "" : "/") + case_name + "/"
+         + StreamableToString(index)).c_str(),
         GetPrefixUntilComma(test_names).c_str(),
         GetTypeName<Type>().c_str(),
         NULL,  // No value parameter.
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
index 0ef9718..d5e1028 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@
         const string& instantiation_name = gen_it->first;
         ParamGenerator<ParamType> generator((*gen_it->second)());
 
-        Message test_case_name_stream;
+        string test_case_name;
         if ( !instantiation_name.empty() )
-          test_case_name_stream << instantiation_name << "/";
-        test_case_name_stream << test_info->test_case_base_name;
+          test_case_name = instantiation_name + "/";
+        test_case_name += test_info->test_case_base_name;
 
         int i = 0;
         for (typename ParamGenerator<ParamType>::iterator param_it =
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
           Message test_name_stream;
           test_name_stream << test_info->test_base_name << "/" << i;
           MakeAndRegisterTestInfo(
-              test_case_name_stream.GetString().c_str(),
+              test_case_name.c_str(),
               test_name_stream.GetString().c_str(),
               NULL,  // No type parameter.
               PrintToString(*param_it).c_str(),
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index c79f12a..dc4fe0c 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 // Low-level types and utilities for porting Google Test to various
 // platforms.  They are subject to change without notice.  DO NOT USE
 // THEM IN USER CODE.
+//
+// This file is fundamental to Google Test.  All other Google Test source
+// files are expected to #include this.  Therefore, it cannot #include
+// any other Google Test header.
 
 #ifndef GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_GTEST_PORT_H_
 #define GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_GTEST_PORT_H_
@@ -784,6 +788,11 @@
 
 namespace internal {
 
+// A secret type that Google Test users don't know about.  It has no
+// definition on purpose.  Therefore it's impossible to create a
+// Secret object, which is what we want.
+class Secret;
+
 // The GTEST_COMPILE_ASSERT_ macro can be used to verify that a compile time
 // expression is true. For example, you could use it to verify the
 // size of a static array:
@@ -804,8 +813,8 @@
 };
 
 #define GTEST_COMPILE_ASSERT_(expr, msg) \
-  typedef ::testing::internal::CompileAssert<(bool(expr))> \
-      msg[bool(expr) ? 1 : -1]
+  typedef ::testing::internal::CompileAssert<(static_cast<bool>(expr))> \
+      msg[static_cast<bool>(expr) ? 1 : -1] GTEST_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED_
 
 // Implementation details of GTEST_COMPILE_ASSERT_:
 //
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h
index 472dd05..97f1a7f 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h
@@ -144,16 +144,14 @@
   static bool EndsWithCaseInsensitive(
       const std::string& str, const std::string& suffix);
 
-  // Formats a list of arguments to an std::string, using the same format
-  // spec string as for printf.
-  //
-  // We do not use the StringPrintf class as it is not universally
-  // available.
-  //
-  // The result is limited to 4096 characters (including the tailing
-  // 0).  If 4096 characters are not enough to format the input,
-  // "<buffer exceeded>" is returned.
-  static std::string Format(const char* format, ...);
+  // Formats an int value as "%02d".
+  static std::string FormatIntWidth2(int value);  // "%02d" for width == 2
+
+  // Formats an int value as "%X".
+  static std::string FormatHexInt(int value);
+
+  // Formats a byte as "%02X".
+  static std::string FormatByte(unsigned char value);
 
  private:
   String();  // Not meant to be instantiated.
@@ -163,17 +161,6 @@
 // character in the buffer is replaced with "\\0".
 GTEST_API_ std::string StringStreamToString(::std::stringstream* stream);
 
-// Converts a streamable value to an std::string.  A NULL pointer is
-// converted to "(null)".  When the input value is a ::string,
-// ::std::string, ::wstring, or ::std::wstring object, each NUL
-// character in it is replaced with "\\0".
-
-// Declared here but defined in gtest.h, so that it has access
-// to the definition of the Message class, required by the ARM
-// compiler.
-template <typename T>
-std::string StreamableToString(const T& streamable);
-
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h
index 4a7d946..e46f7cf 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #define GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_GTEST_TYPE_UTIL_H_
 
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-port.h"
-#include "gtest/internal/gtest-string.h"
 
 // #ifdef __GNUC__ is too general here.  It is possible to use gcc without using
 // libstdc++ (which is where cxxabi.h comes from).
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h.pump b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h.pump
index 3638d51..251fdf0 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h.pump
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h.pump
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #define GTEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_GTEST_TYPE_UTIL_H_
 
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-port.h"
-#include "gtest/internal/gtest-string.h"
 
 // #ifdef __GNUC__ is too general here.  It is possible to use gcc without using
 // libstdc++ (which is where cxxabi.h comes from).
diff --git a/make/Makefile b/make/Makefile
index 5b27b6a..9ac7449 100644
--- a/make/Makefile
+++ b/make/Makefile
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
 USER_DIR = ../samples
 
 # Flags passed to the preprocessor.
-CPPFLAGS += -I$(GTEST_DIR)/include
+# Set Google Test's header directory as a system directory, such that
+# the compiler doesn't generate warnings in Google Test headers.
+CPPFLAGS += -isystem $(GTEST_DIR)/include
 
 # Flags passed to the C++ compiler.
-CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wextra
+CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wextra -pthread
 
 # All tests produced by this Makefile.  Remember to add new tests you
 # created to the list.
diff --git a/src/gtest-death-test.cc b/src/gtest-death-test.cc
index 8b52431..a6023fc 100644
--- a/src/gtest-death-test.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-death-test.cc
@@ -272,9 +272,10 @@
 # define GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(expression) \
   do { \
     if (!::testing::internal::IsTrue(expression)) { \
-      DeathTestAbort(::testing::internal::String::Format(       \
-          "CHECK failed: File %s, line %d: %s", \
-          __FILE__, __LINE__, #expression)); \
+      DeathTestAbort( \
+          ::std::string("CHECK failed: File ") + __FILE__ +  ", line " \
+          + ::testing::internal::StreamableToString(__LINE__) + ": " \
+          + #expression); \
     } \
   } while (::testing::internal::AlwaysFalse())
 
@@ -292,9 +293,10 @@
       gtest_retval = (expression); \
     } while (gtest_retval == -1 && errno == EINTR); \
     if (gtest_retval == -1) { \
-      DeathTestAbort(::testing::internal::String::Format(       \
-          "CHECK failed: File %s, line %d: %s != -1", \
-          __FILE__, __LINE__, #expression)); \
+      DeathTestAbort( \
+          ::std::string("CHECK failed: File ") + __FILE__ + ", line " \
+          + ::testing::internal::StreamableToString(__LINE__) + ": " \
+          + #expression + " != -1"); \
     } \
   } while (::testing::internal::AlwaysFalse())
 
@@ -716,14 +718,14 @@
       info->test_case_name() + "." + info->name();
   const std::string internal_flag =
       std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ + kInternalRunDeathTestFlag +
-      "=" + file_ + "|" + String::Format("%d|%d|%u|%Iu|%Iu", line_,
-      death_test_index,
-      static_cast<unsigned int>(::GetCurrentProcessId()),
-      // size_t has the same with as pointers on both 32-bit and 64-bit
+      "=" + file_ + "|" + StreamableToString(line_) + "|" +
+      StreamableToString(death_test_index) + "|" +
+      StreamableToString(static_cast<unsigned int>(::GetCurrentProcessId())) +
+      // size_t has the same width as pointers on both 32-bit and 64-bit
       // Windows platforms.
       // See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tcxf1dw6.aspx.
-      reinterpret_cast<size_t>(write_handle),
-      reinterpret_cast<size_t>(event_handle_.Get()));
+      "|" + StreamableToString(reinterpret_cast<size_t>(write_handle)) +
+      "|" + StreamableToString(reinterpret_cast<size_t>(event_handle_.Get()));
 
   char executable_path[_MAX_PATH + 1];  // NOLINT
   GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(
@@ -1114,13 +1116,13 @@
   GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(fcntl(pipe_fd[1], F_SETFD, 0) != -1);
 
   const std::string filter_flag =
-      String::Format("--%s%s=%s.%s",
-                     GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_, kFilterFlag,
-                     info->test_case_name(), info->name());
+      std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ + kFilterFlag + "="
+      + info->test_case_name() + "." + info->name();
   const std::string internal_flag =
-      String::Format("--%s%s=%s|%d|%d|%d",
-                     GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_, kInternalRunDeathTestFlag,
-                     file_, line_, death_test_index, pipe_fd[1]);
+      std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ + kInternalRunDeathTestFlag + "="
+      + file_ + "|" + StreamableToString(line_) + "|"
+      + StreamableToString(death_test_index) + "|"
+      + StreamableToString(pipe_fd[1]);
   Arguments args;
   args.AddArguments(GetArgvsForDeathTestChildProcess());
   args.AddArgument(filter_flag.c_str());
@@ -1159,9 +1161,10 @@
 
   if (flag != NULL) {
     if (death_test_index > flag->index()) {
-      DeathTest::set_last_death_test_message(String::Format(
-          "Death test count (%d) somehow exceeded expected maximum (%d)",
-          death_test_index, flag->index()));
+      DeathTest::set_last_death_test_message(
+          "Death test count (" + StreamableToString(death_test_index)
+          + ") somehow exceeded expected maximum ("
+          + StreamableToString(flag->index()) + ")");
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -1190,9 +1193,9 @@
 # endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 
   else {  // NOLINT - this is more readable than unbalanced brackets inside #if.
-    DeathTest::set_last_death_test_message(String::Format(
-        "Unknown death test style \"%s\" encountered",
-        GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style).c_str()));
+    DeathTest::set_last_death_test_message(
+        "Unknown death test style \"" + GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style)
+        + "\" encountered");
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -1230,8 +1233,8 @@
                                                    FALSE,  // Non-inheritable.
                                                    parent_process_id));
   if (parent_process_handle.Get() == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-    DeathTestAbort(String::Format("Unable to open parent process %u",
-                                  parent_process_id));
+    DeathTestAbort("Unable to open parent process " +
+                   StreamableToString(parent_process_id));
   }
 
   // TODO(vladl@google.com): Replace the following check with a
@@ -1251,9 +1254,10 @@
                                  // DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS is used.
                          FALSE,  // Request non-inheritable handler.
                          DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
-    DeathTestAbort(String::Format(
-        "Unable to duplicate the pipe handle %Iu from the parent process %u",
-        write_handle_as_size_t, parent_process_id));
+    DeathTestAbort("Unable to duplicate the pipe handle " +
+                   StreamableToString(write_handle_as_size_t) +
+                   " from the parent process " +
+                   StreamableToString(parent_process_id));
   }
 
   const HANDLE event_handle = reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(event_handle_as_size_t);
@@ -1264,17 +1268,18 @@
                          0x0,
                          FALSE,
                          DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
-    DeathTestAbort(String::Format(
-        "Unable to duplicate the event handle %Iu from the parent process %u",
-        event_handle_as_size_t, parent_process_id));
+    DeathTestAbort("Unable to duplicate the event handle " +
+                   StreamableToString(event_handle_as_size_t) +
+                   " from the parent process " +
+                   StreamableToString(parent_process_id));
   }
 
   const int write_fd =
       ::_open_osfhandle(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(dup_write_handle), O_APPEND);
   if (write_fd == -1) {
-    DeathTestAbort(String::Format(
-        "Unable to convert pipe handle %Iu to a file descriptor",
-        write_handle_as_size_t));
+    DeathTestAbort("Unable to convert pipe handle " +
+                   StreamableToString(write_handle_as_size_t) +
+                   " to a file descriptor");
   }
 
   // Signals the parent that the write end of the pipe has been acquired
@@ -1311,9 +1316,8 @@
       || !ParseNaturalNumber(fields[3], &parent_process_id)
       || !ParseNaturalNumber(fields[4], &write_handle_as_size_t)
       || !ParseNaturalNumber(fields[5], &event_handle_as_size_t)) {
-    DeathTestAbort(String::Format(
-        "Bad --gtest_internal_run_death_test flag: %s",
-        GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test).c_str()));
+    DeathTestAbort("Bad --gtest_internal_run_death_test flag: " +
+                   GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test));
   }
   write_fd = GetStatusFileDescriptor(parent_process_id,
                                      write_handle_as_size_t,
@@ -1324,9 +1328,8 @@
       || !ParseNaturalNumber(fields[1], &line)
       || !ParseNaturalNumber(fields[2], &index)
       || !ParseNaturalNumber(fields[3], &write_fd)) {
-    DeathTestAbort(String::Format(
-        "Bad --gtest_internal_run_death_test flag: %s",
-        GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test).c_str()));
+    DeathTestAbort("Bad --gtest_internal_run_death_test flag: "
+        + GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test));
   }
 
 # endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
diff --git a/src/gtest-filepath.cc b/src/gtest-filepath.cc
index 4d40cb9..6be58b6 100644
--- a/src/gtest-filepath.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-filepath.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 //
 // Authors: keith.ray@gmail.com (Keith Ray)
 
+#include "gtest/gtest-message.h"
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-filepath.h"
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-port.h"
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@
   if (number == 0) {
     file = base_name.string() + "." + extension;
   } else {
-    file = base_name.string() + "_" + String::Format("%d", number).c_str()
+    file = base_name.string() + "_" + StreamableToString(number)
         + "." + extension;
   }
   return ConcatPaths(directory, FilePath(file));
diff --git a/src/gtest-internal-inl.h b/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
index 54717c9..d661043 100644
--- a/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
+++ b/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 
 #include "gtest/internal/gtest-port.h"
 
+#if GTEST_CAN_STREAM_RESULTS_
+# include <arpa/inet.h>  // NOLINT
+# include <netdb.h>  // NOLINT
+#endif
+
 #if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 # include <windows.h>  // NOLINT
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
@@ -210,7 +215,6 @@
   bool list_tests_;
   std::string output_;
   bool print_time_;
-  bool pretty_;
   internal::Int32 random_seed_;
   internal::Int32 repeat_;
   bool shuffle_;
@@ -222,12 +226,10 @@
 // Converts a Unicode code point to a narrow string in UTF-8 encoding.
 // code_point parameter is of type UInt32 because wchar_t may not be
 // wide enough to contain a code point.
-// The output buffer str must containt at least 32 characters.
-// The function returns the address of the output buffer.
 // If the code_point is not a valid Unicode code point
-// (i.e. outside of Unicode range U+0 to U+10FFFF) it will be output
-// as '(Invalid Unicode 0xXXXXXXXX)'.
-GTEST_API_ char* CodePointToUtf8(UInt32 code_point, char* str);
+// (i.e. outside of Unicode range U+0 to U+10FFFF) it will be converted
+// to "(Invalid Unicode 0xXXXXXXXX)".
+GTEST_API_ std::string CodePointToUtf8(UInt32 code_point);
 
 // Converts a wide string to a narrow string in UTF-8 encoding.
 // The wide string is assumed to have the following encoding:
@@ -1050,6 +1052,154 @@
   }
 };
 
+#if GTEST_CAN_STREAM_RESULTS_
+
+// Streams test results to the given port on the given host machine.
+class StreamingListener : public EmptyTestEventListener {
+ public:
+  // Abstract base class for writing strings to a socket.
+  class AbstractSocketWriter {
+   public:
+    virtual ~AbstractSocketWriter() {}
+
+    // Sends a string to the socket.
+    virtual void Send(const string& message) = 0;
+
+    // Closes the socket.
+    virtual void CloseConnection() {}
+
+    // Sends a string and a newline to the socket.
+    void SendLn(const string& message) {
+      Send(message + "\n");
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Concrete class for actually writing strings to a socket.
+  class SocketWriter : public AbstractSocketWriter {
+   public:
+    SocketWriter(const string& host, const string& port)
+        : sockfd_(-1), host_name_(host), port_num_(port) {
+      MakeConnection();
+    }
+
+    virtual ~SocketWriter() {
+      if (sockfd_ != -1)
+        CloseConnection();
+    }
+
+    // Sends a string to the socket.
+    virtual void Send(const string& message) {
+      GTEST_CHECK_(sockfd_ != -1)
+          << "Send() can be called only when there is a connection.";
+
+      const int len = static_cast<int>(message.length());
+      if (write(sockfd_, message.c_str(), len) != len) {
+        GTEST_LOG_(WARNING)
+            << "stream_result_to: failed to stream to "
+            << host_name_ << ":" << port_num_;
+      }
+    }
+
+   private:
+    // Creates a client socket and connects to the server.
+    void MakeConnection();
+
+    // Closes the socket.
+    void CloseConnection() {
+      GTEST_CHECK_(sockfd_ != -1)
+          << "CloseConnection() can be called only when there is a connection.";
+
+      close(sockfd_);
+      sockfd_ = -1;
+    }
+
+    int sockfd_;  // socket file descriptor
+    const string host_name_;
+    const string port_num_;
+
+    GTEST_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN_(SocketWriter);
+  };  // class SocketWriter
+
+  // Escapes '=', '&', '%', and '\n' characters in str as "%xx".
+  static string UrlEncode(const char* str);
+
+  StreamingListener(const string& host, const string& port)
+      : socket_writer_(new SocketWriter(host, port)) { Start(); }
+
+  explicit StreamingListener(AbstractSocketWriter* socket_writer)
+      : socket_writer_(socket_writer) { Start(); }
+
+  void OnTestProgramStart(const UnitTest& /* unit_test */) {
+    SendLn("event=TestProgramStart");
+  }
+
+  void OnTestProgramEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test) {
+    // Note that Google Test current only report elapsed time for each
+    // test iteration, not for the entire test program.
+    SendLn("event=TestProgramEnd&passed=" + FormatBool(unit_test.Passed()));
+
+    // Notify the streaming server to stop.
+    socket_writer_->CloseConnection();
+  }
+
+  void OnTestIterationStart(const UnitTest& /* unit_test */, int iteration) {
+    SendLn("event=TestIterationStart&iteration=" +
+           StreamableToString(iteration));
+  }
+
+  void OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test, int /* iteration */) {
+    SendLn("event=TestIterationEnd&passed=" +
+           FormatBool(unit_test.Passed()) + "&elapsed_time=" +
+           StreamableToString(unit_test.elapsed_time()) + "ms");
+  }
+
+  void OnTestCaseStart(const TestCase& test_case) {
+    SendLn(std::string("event=TestCaseStart&name=") + test_case.name());
+  }
+
+  void OnTestCaseEnd(const TestCase& test_case) {
+    SendLn("event=TestCaseEnd&passed=" + FormatBool(test_case.Passed())
+           + "&elapsed_time=" + StreamableToString(test_case.elapsed_time())
+           + "ms");
+  }
+
+  void OnTestStart(const TestInfo& test_info) {
+    SendLn(std::string("event=TestStart&name=") + test_info.name());
+  }
+
+  void OnTestEnd(const TestInfo& test_info) {
+    SendLn("event=TestEnd&passed=" +
+           FormatBool((test_info.result())->Passed()) +
+           "&elapsed_time=" +
+           StreamableToString((test_info.result())->elapsed_time()) + "ms");
+  }
+
+  void OnTestPartResult(const TestPartResult& test_part_result) {
+    const char* file_name = test_part_result.file_name();
+    if (file_name == NULL)
+      file_name = "";
+    SendLn("event=TestPartResult&file=" + UrlEncode(file_name) +
+           "&line=" + StreamableToString(test_part_result.line_number()) +
+           "&message=" + UrlEncode(test_part_result.message()));
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // Sends the given message and a newline to the socket.
+  void SendLn(const string& message) { socket_writer_->SendLn(message); }
+
+  // Called at the start of streaming to notify the receiver what
+  // protocol we are using.
+  void Start() { SendLn("gtest_streaming_protocol_version=1.0"); }
+
+  string FormatBool(bool value) { return value ? "1" : "0"; }
+
+  const scoped_ptr<AbstractSocketWriter> socket_writer_;
+
+  GTEST_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN_(StreamingListener);
+};  // class StreamingListener
+
+#endif  // GTEST_CAN_STREAM_RESULTS_
+
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 
diff --git a/src/gtest-port.cc b/src/gtest-port.cc
index fa8f29c..0c4df5f 100644
--- a/src/gtest-port.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-port.cc
@@ -454,15 +454,15 @@
 // Formats a source file path and a line number as they would appear
 // in an error message from the compiler used to compile this code.
 GTEST_API_ ::std::string FormatFileLocation(const char* file, int line) {
-  const char* const file_name = file == NULL ? kUnknownFile : file;
+  const std::string file_name(file == NULL ? kUnknownFile : file);
 
   if (line < 0) {
-    return String::Format("%s:", file_name).c_str();
+    return file_name + ":";
   }
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-  return String::Format("%s(%d):", file_name, line).c_str();
+  return file_name + "(" + StreamableToString(line) + "):";
 #else
-  return String::Format("%s:%d:", file_name, line).c_str();
+  return file_name + ":" + StreamableToString(line) + ":";
 #endif  // _MSC_VER
 }
 
@@ -473,12 +473,12 @@
 // to the file location it produces, unlike FormatFileLocation().
 GTEST_API_ ::std::string FormatCompilerIndependentFileLocation(
     const char* file, int line) {
-  const char* const file_name = file == NULL ? kUnknownFile : file;
+  const std::string file_name(file == NULL ? kUnknownFile : file);
 
   if (line < 0)
     return file_name;
   else
-    return String::Format("%s:%d", file_name, line).c_str();
+    return file_name + ":" + StreamableToString(line);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/gtest-printers.cc b/src/gtest-printers.cc
index 898d61d..75fa408 100644
--- a/src/gtest-printers.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-printers.cc
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
         *os << static_cast<char>(c);
         return kAsIs;
       } else {
-        *os << String::Format("\\x%X", static_cast<UnsignedChar>(c));
+        *os << "\\x" + String::FormatHexInt(static_cast<UnsignedChar>(c));
         return kHexEscape;
       }
   }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
   // obvious).
   if (c == 0)
     return;
-  *os << " (" << String::Format("%d", c).c_str();
+  *os << " (" << static_cast<int>(c);
 
   // For more convenience, we print c's code again in hexidecimal,
   // unless c was already printed in the form '\x##' or the code is in
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@
   if (format == kHexEscape || (1 <= c && c <= 9)) {
     // Do nothing.
   } else {
-    *os << String::Format(", 0x%X",
-                          static_cast<UnsignedChar>(c)).c_str();
+    *os << ", 0x" << String::FormatHexInt(static_cast<UnsignedChar>(c));
   }
   *os << ")";
 }
diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index 0567e83..62b6929 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #include <wctype.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <limits>
 #include <ostream>  // NOLINT
 #include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
@@ -886,6 +888,26 @@
 
 }  // namespace internal
 
+// Constructs an empty Message.
+// We allocate the stringstream separately because otherwise each use of
+// ASSERT/EXPECT in a procedure adds over 200 bytes to the procedure's
+// stack frame leading to huge stack frames in some cases; gcc does not reuse
+// the stack space.
+Message::Message() : ss_(new ::std::stringstream) {
+  // By default, we want there to be enough precision when printing
+  // a double to a Message.
+  *ss_ << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10 + 2);
+}
+
+// These two overloads allow streaming a wide C string to a Message
+// using the UTF-8 encoding.
+Message& Message::operator <<(const wchar_t* wide_c_str) {
+  return *this << internal::String::ShowWideCString(wide_c_str);
+}
+Message& Message::operator <<(wchar_t* wide_c_str) {
+  return *this << internal::String::ShowWideCString(wide_c_str);
+}
+
 #if GTEST_HAS_STD_WSTRING
 // Converts the given wide string to a narrow string using the UTF-8
 // encoding, and streams the result to this Message object.
@@ -904,6 +926,12 @@
 }
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_GLOBAL_WSTRING
 
+// Gets the text streamed to this object so far as an std::string.
+// Each '\0' character in the buffer is replaced with "\\0".
+std::string Message::GetString() const {
+  return internal::StringStreamToString(ss_.get());
+}
+
 // AssertionResult constructors.
 // Used in EXPECT_TRUE/FALSE(assertion_result).
 AssertionResult::AssertionResult(const AssertionResult& other)
@@ -1309,7 +1337,7 @@
   // want inserts expanded.
   const DWORD kFlags = FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
                        FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS;
-  const DWORD kBufSize = 4096;  // String::Format can't exceed this length.
+  const DWORD kBufSize = 4096;
   // Gets the system's human readable message string for this HRESULT.
   char error_text[kBufSize] = { '\0' };
   DWORD message_length = ::FormatMessageA(kFlags,
@@ -1319,7 +1347,7 @@
                                           error_text,  // output buffer
                                           kBufSize,  // buf size
                                           NULL);  // no arguments for inserts
-  // Trims tailing white space (FormatMessage leaves a trailing cr-lf)
+  // Trims tailing white space (FormatMessage leaves a trailing CR-LF)
   for (; message_length && IsSpace(error_text[message_length - 1]);
           --message_length) {
     error_text[message_length - 1] = '\0';
@@ -1327,10 +1355,10 @@
 
 # endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE
 
-  const std::string error_hex(String::Format("0x%08X ", hr));
+  const std::string error_hex("0x" + String::FormatHexInt(hr));
   return ::testing::AssertionFailure()
       << "Expected: " << expr << " " << expected << ".\n"
-      << "  Actual: " << error_hex << error_text << "\n";
+      << "  Actual: " << error_hex << " " << error_text << "\n";
 }
 
 }  // namespace
@@ -1387,12 +1415,15 @@
 // Converts a Unicode code point to a narrow string in UTF-8 encoding.
 // code_point parameter is of type UInt32 because wchar_t may not be
 // wide enough to contain a code point.
-// The output buffer str must containt at least 32 characters.
-// The function returns the address of the output buffer.
 // If the code_point is not a valid Unicode code point
-// (i.e. outside of Unicode range U+0 to U+10FFFF) it will be output
-// as '(Invalid Unicode 0xXXXXXXXX)'.
-char* CodePointToUtf8(UInt32 code_point, char* str) {
+// (i.e. outside of Unicode range U+0 to U+10FFFF) it will be converted
+// to "(Invalid Unicode 0xXXXXXXXX)".
+std::string CodePointToUtf8(UInt32 code_point) {
+  if (code_point > kMaxCodePoint4) {
+    return "(Invalid Unicode 0x" + String::FormatHexInt(code_point) + ")";
+  }
+
+  char str[5];  // Big enough for the largest valid code point.
   if (code_point <= kMaxCodePoint1) {
     str[1] = '\0';
     str[0] = static_cast<char>(code_point);                          // 0xxxxxxx
@@ -1405,22 +1436,12 @@
     str[2] = static_cast<char>(0x80 | ChopLowBits(&code_point, 6));  // 10xxxxxx
     str[1] = static_cast<char>(0x80 | ChopLowBits(&code_point, 6));  // 10xxxxxx
     str[0] = static_cast<char>(0xE0 | code_point);                   // 1110xxxx
-  } else if (code_point <= kMaxCodePoint4) {
+  } else {  // code_point <= kMaxCodePoint4
     str[4] = '\0';
     str[3] = static_cast<char>(0x80 | ChopLowBits(&code_point, 6));  // 10xxxxxx
     str[2] = static_cast<char>(0x80 | ChopLowBits(&code_point, 6));  // 10xxxxxx
     str[1] = static_cast<char>(0x80 | ChopLowBits(&code_point, 6));  // 10xxxxxx
     str[0] = static_cast<char>(0xF0 | code_point);                   // 11110xxx
-  } else {
-    // The longest string String::Format can produce when invoked
-    // with these parameters is 28 character long (not including
-    // the terminating nul character). We are asking for 32 character
-    // buffer just in case. This is also enough for strncpy to
-    // null-terminate the destination string.
-    posix::StrNCpy(
-        str, String::Format("(Invalid Unicode 0x%X)", code_point).c_str(), 32);
-    str[31] = '\0';  // Makes sure no change in the format to strncpy leaves
-                     // the result unterminated.
   }
   return str;
 }
@@ -1479,8 +1500,7 @@
       unicode_code_point = static_cast<UInt32>(str[i]);
     }
 
-    char buffer[32];  // CodePointToUtf8 requires a buffer this big.
-    stream << CodePointToUtf8(unicode_code_point, buffer);
+    stream << CodePointToUtf8(unicode_code_point);
   }
   return StringStreamToString(&stream);
 }
@@ -1597,47 +1617,26 @@
                                       suffix.c_str());
 }
 
-// Formats a list of arguments to an std::string, using the same format
-// spec string as for printf.
-//
-// We do not use the StringPrintf class as it is not universally
-// available.
-//
-// The result is limited to 4096 characters (including the tailing 0).
-// If 4096 characters are not enough to format the input, or if
-// there's an error, "<formatting error or buffer exceeded>" is
-// returned.
-std::string String::Format(const char * format, ...) {
-  va_list args;
-  va_start(args, format);
+// Formats an int value as "%02d".
+std::string String::FormatIntWidth2(int value) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << value;
+  return ss.str();
+}
 
-  char buffer[4096];
-  const int kBufferSize = sizeof(buffer)/sizeof(buffer[0]);
+// Formats an int value as "%X".
+std::string String::FormatHexInt(int value) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << std::hex << std::uppercase << value;
+  return ss.str();
+}
 
-  // MSVC 8 deprecates vsnprintf(), so we want to suppress warning
-  // 4996 (deprecated function) there.
-#ifdef _MSC_VER  // We are using MSVC.
-# pragma warning(push)          // Saves the current warning state.
-# pragma warning(disable:4996)  // Temporarily disables warning 4996.
-
-  const int size = vsnprintf(buffer, kBufferSize, format, args);
-
-# pragma warning(pop)           // Restores the warning state.
-#else  // We are not using MSVC.
-  const int size = vsnprintf(buffer, kBufferSize, format, args);
-#endif  // _MSC_VER
-  va_end(args);
-
-  // vsnprintf()'s behavior is not portable.  When the buffer is not
-  // big enough, it returns a negative value in MSVC, and returns the
-  // needed buffer size on Linux.  When there is an output error, it
-  // always returns a negative value.  For simplicity, we lump the two
-  // error cases together.
-  if (size < 0 || size >= kBufferSize) {
-    return "<formatting error or buffer exceeded>";
-  } else {
-    return std::string(buffer, size);
-  }
+// Formats a byte as "%02X".
+std::string String::FormatByte(unsigned char value) {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << std::hex << std::uppercase
+     << static_cast<unsigned int>(value);
+  return ss.str();
 }
 
 // Converts the buffer in a stringstream to an std::string, converting NUL
@@ -1932,6 +1931,8 @@
 
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_SEH
 
+namespace internal {
+
 #if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
 
 // Adds an "exception thrown" fatal failure to the current test.
@@ -1951,20 +1952,12 @@
 static std::string PrintTestPartResultToString(
     const TestPartResult& test_part_result);
 
-// A failed Google Test assertion will throw an exception of this type when
-// GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure) is true (if exceptions are enabled).  We
-// derive it from std::runtime_error, which is for errors presumably
-// detectable only at run time.  Since std::runtime_error inherits from
-// std::exception, many testing frameworks know how to extract and print the
-// message inside it.
-class GoogleTestFailureException : public ::std::runtime_error {
- public:
-  explicit GoogleTestFailureException(const TestPartResult& failure)
-      : ::std::runtime_error(PrintTestPartResultToString(failure).c_str()) {}
-};
+GoogleTestFailureException::GoogleTestFailureException(
+    const TestPartResult& failure)
+    : ::std::runtime_error(PrintTestPartResultToString(failure).c_str()) {}
+
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
 
-namespace internal {
 // We put these helper functions in the internal namespace as IBM's xlC
 // compiler rejects the code if they were declared static.
 
@@ -2030,9 +2023,10 @@
 #if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
     try {
       return HandleSehExceptionsInMethodIfSupported(object, method, location);
-    } catch (const GoogleTestFailureException&) {  // NOLINT
-      // This exception doesn't originate in code under test. It makes no
-      // sense to report it as a test failure.
+    } catch (const internal::GoogleTestFailureException&) {  // NOLINT
+      // This exception type can only be thrown by a failed Google
+      // Test assertion with the intention of letting another testing
+      // framework catch it.  Therefore we just re-throw it.
       throw;
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {  // NOLINT
       internal::ReportFailureInUnknownLocation(
@@ -2091,10 +2085,8 @@
 
 // Constructs a TestInfo object. It assumes ownership of the test factory
 // object.
-// TODO(vladl@google.com): Make a_test_case_name and a_name const string&'s
-// to signify they cannot be NULLs.
-TestInfo::TestInfo(const char* a_test_case_name,
-                   const char* a_name,
+TestInfo::TestInfo(const std::string& a_test_case_name,
+                   const std::string& a_name,
                    const char* a_type_param,
                    const char* a_value_param,
                    internal::TypeId fixture_class_id,
@@ -2133,7 +2125,8 @@
 //                     The newly created TestInfo instance will assume
 //                     ownership of the factory object.
 TestInfo* MakeAndRegisterTestInfo(
-    const char* test_case_name, const char* name,
+    const char* test_case_name,
+    const char* name,
     const char* type_param,
     const char* value_param,
     TypeId fixture_class_id,
@@ -2385,8 +2378,8 @@
 static std::string FormatCountableNoun(int count,
                                        const char * singular_form,
                                        const char * plural_form) {
-  return internal::String::Format("%d %s", count,
-                                  count == 1 ? singular_form : plural_form);
+  return internal::StreamableToString(count) + " " +
+      (count == 1 ? singular_form : plural_form);
 }
 
 // Formats the count of tests.
@@ -2420,6 +2413,8 @@
   }
 }
 
+namespace internal {
+
 // Prints a TestPartResult to an std::string.
 static std::string PrintTestPartResultToString(
     const TestPartResult& test_part_result) {
@@ -2451,8 +2446,6 @@
 
 // class PrettyUnitTestResultPrinter
 
-namespace internal {
-
 enum GTestColor {
   COLOR_DEFAULT,
   COLOR_RED,
@@ -3056,7 +3049,8 @@
         default:
           if (IsValidXmlCharacter(*src)) {
             if (is_attribute && IsNormalizableWhitespace(*src))
-              m << String::Format("&#x%02X;", unsigned(*src));
+              m << "&#x" << String::FormatByte(static_cast<unsigned char>(*src))
+                << ";";
             else
               m << *src;
           }
@@ -3121,13 +3115,13 @@
   if (time_struct == NULL)
     return "";  // Invalid ms value
 
-  return String::Format("%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d",  // YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
-                        time_struct->tm_year + 1900,
-                        time_struct->tm_mon + 1,
-                        time_struct->tm_mday,
-                        time_struct->tm_hour,
-                        time_struct->tm_min,
-                        time_struct->tm_sec);
+  // YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
+  return StreamableToString(time_struct->tm_year + 1900) + "-" +
+      String::FormatIntWidth2(time_struct->tm_mon + 1) + "-" +
+      String::FormatIntWidth2(time_struct->tm_mday) + "T" +
+      String::FormatIntWidth2(time_struct->tm_hour) + ":" +
+      String::FormatIntWidth2(time_struct->tm_min) + ":" +
+      String::FormatIntWidth2(time_struct->tm_sec);
 }
 
 // Streams an XML CDATA section, escaping invalid CDATA sequences as needed.
@@ -3259,112 +3253,6 @@
 
 #if GTEST_CAN_STREAM_RESULTS_
 
-// Streams test results to the given port on the given host machine.
-class StreamingListener : public EmptyTestEventListener {
- public:
-  // Escapes '=', '&', '%', and '\n' characters in str as "%xx".
-  static string UrlEncode(const char* str);
-
-  StreamingListener(const string& host, const string& port)
-      : sockfd_(-1), host_name_(host), port_num_(port) {
-    MakeConnection();
-    Send("gtest_streaming_protocol_version=1.0\n");
-  }
-
-  virtual ~StreamingListener() {
-    if (sockfd_ != -1)
-      CloseConnection();
-  }
-
-  void OnTestProgramStart(const UnitTest& /* unit_test */) {
-    Send("event=TestProgramStart\n");
-  }
-
-  void OnTestProgramEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test) {
-    // Note that Google Test current only report elapsed time for each
-    // test iteration, not for the entire test program.
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestProgramEnd&passed=%d\n",
-                        unit_test.Passed()));
-
-    // Notify the streaming server to stop.
-    CloseConnection();
-  }
-
-  void OnTestIterationStart(const UnitTest& /* unit_test */, int iteration) {
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestIterationStart&iteration=%d\n",
-                        iteration));
-  }
-
-  void OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test, int /* iteration */) {
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestIterationEnd&passed=%d&elapsed_time=%sms\n",
-                        unit_test.Passed(),
-                        StreamableToString(unit_test.elapsed_time()).c_str()));
-  }
-
-  void OnTestCaseStart(const TestCase& test_case) {
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestCaseStart&name=%s\n", test_case.name()));
-  }
-
-  void OnTestCaseEnd(const TestCase& test_case) {
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestCaseEnd&passed=%d&elapsed_time=%sms\n",
-                        test_case.Passed(),
-                        StreamableToString(test_case.elapsed_time()).c_str()));
-  }
-
-  void OnTestStart(const TestInfo& test_info) {
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestStart&name=%s\n", test_info.name()));
-  }
-
-  void OnTestEnd(const TestInfo& test_info) {
-    Send(String::Format(
-        "event=TestEnd&passed=%d&elapsed_time=%sms\n",
-        (test_info.result())->Passed(),
-        StreamableToString((test_info.result())->elapsed_time()).c_str()));
-  }
-
-  void OnTestPartResult(const TestPartResult& test_part_result) {
-    const char* file_name = test_part_result.file_name();
-    if (file_name == NULL)
-      file_name = "";
-    Send(String::Format("event=TestPartResult&file=%s&line=%d&message=",
-                        UrlEncode(file_name).c_str(),
-                        test_part_result.line_number()));
-    Send(UrlEncode(test_part_result.message()) + "\n");
-  }
-
- private:
-  // Creates a client socket and connects to the server.
-  void MakeConnection();
-
-  // Closes the socket.
-  void CloseConnection() {
-    GTEST_CHECK_(sockfd_ != -1)
-        << "CloseConnection() can be called only when there is a connection.";
-
-    close(sockfd_);
-    sockfd_ = -1;
-  }
-
-  // Sends a string to the socket.
-  void Send(const string& message) {
-    GTEST_CHECK_(sockfd_ != -1)
-        << "Send() can be called only when there is a connection.";
-
-    const int len = static_cast<int>(message.length());
-    if (write(sockfd_, message.c_str(), len) != len) {
-      GTEST_LOG_(WARNING)
-          << "stream_result_to: failed to stream to "
-          << host_name_ << ":" << port_num_;
-    }
-  }
-
-  int sockfd_;   // socket file descriptor
-  const string host_name_;
-  const string port_num_;
-
-  GTEST_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN_(StreamingListener);
-};  // class StreamingListener
-
 // Checks if str contains '=', '&', '%' or '\n' characters. If yes,
 // replaces them by "%xx" where xx is their hexadecimal value. For
 // example, replaces "=" with "%3D".  This algorithm is O(strlen(str))
@@ -3379,7 +3267,7 @@
       case '=':
       case '&':
       case '\n':
-        result.append(String::Format("%%%02x", static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)));
+        result.append("%" + String::FormatByte(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)));
         break;
       default:
         result.push_back(ch);
@@ -3389,7 +3277,7 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-void StreamingListener::MakeConnection() {
+void StreamingListener::SocketWriter::MakeConnection() {
   GTEST_CHECK_(sockfd_ == -1)
       << "MakeConnection() can't be called when there is already a connection.";
 
@@ -3683,13 +3571,13 @@
 // assertion macros (e.g. ASSERT_TRUE, EXPECT_EQ, etc) eventually call
 // this to report their results.  The user code should use the
 // assertion macros instead of calling this directly.
+GTEST_LOCK_EXCLUDED_(mutex_)
 void UnitTest::AddTestPartResult(
     TestPartResult::Type result_type,
     const char* file_name,
     int line_number,
     const std::string& message,
-    const std::string& os_stack_trace)
-        GTEST_LOCK_EXCLUDED_(mutex_) {
+    const std::string& os_stack_trace) {
   Message msg;
   msg << message;
 
@@ -3736,7 +3624,7 @@
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
     } else if (GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure)) {
 #if GTEST_HAS_EXCEPTIONS
-      throw GoogleTestFailureException(result);
+      throw internal::GoogleTestFailureException(result);
 #else
       // We cannot call abort() as it generates a pop-up in debug mode
       // that cannot be suppressed in VC 7.1 or below.
diff --git a/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc b/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc
index e42c013..e857bc8 100644
--- a/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc
+++ b/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@
   EXPECT_DEATH(_exit(1), "");
 }
 
+# if GTEST_HAS_CLONE && GTEST_HAS_PTHREAD
+
 namespace {
 
 bool pthread_flag;
@@ -475,8 +477,6 @@
 
 }  // namespace
 
-# if GTEST_HAS_CLONE && GTEST_HAS_PTHREAD
-
 TEST_F(TestForDeathTest, DoesNotExecuteAtforkHooks) {
   if (!testing::GTEST_FLAG(death_test_use_fork)) {
     testing::GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style) = "threadsafe";
diff --git a/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index f4f3043..f594a44 100644
--- a/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,81 @@
 namespace testing {
 namespace internal {
 
+#if GTEST_CAN_STREAM_RESULTS_
+
+class StreamingListenerTest : public Test {
+ public:
+  class FakeSocketWriter : public StreamingListener::AbstractSocketWriter {
+   public:
+    // Sends a string to the socket.
+    virtual void Send(const string& message) { output_ += message; }
+
+    string output_;
+  };
+
+  StreamingListenerTest()
+      : fake_sock_writer_(new FakeSocketWriter),
+        streamer_(fake_sock_writer_),
+        test_info_obj_("FooTest", "Bar", NULL, NULL, 0, NULL) {}
+
+ protected:
+  string* output() { return &(fake_sock_writer_->output_); }
+
+  FakeSocketWriter* const fake_sock_writer_;
+  StreamingListener streamer_;
+  UnitTest unit_test_;
+  TestInfo test_info_obj_;  // The name test_info_ was taken by testing::Test.
+};
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestProgramEnd) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestProgramEnd(unit_test_);
+  EXPECT_EQ("event=TestProgramEnd&passed=1\n", *output());
+}
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestIterationEnd) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestIterationEnd(unit_test_, 42);
+  EXPECT_EQ("event=TestIterationEnd&passed=1&elapsed_time=0ms\n", *output());
+}
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestCaseStart) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestCaseStart(TestCase("FooTest", "Bar", NULL, NULL));
+  EXPECT_EQ("event=TestCaseStart&name=FooTest\n", *output());
+}
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestCaseEnd) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestCaseEnd(TestCase("FooTest", "Bar", NULL, NULL));
+  EXPECT_EQ("event=TestCaseEnd&passed=1&elapsed_time=0ms\n", *output());
+}
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestStart) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestStart(test_info_obj_);
+  EXPECT_EQ("event=TestStart&name=Bar\n", *output());
+}
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestEnd) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestEnd(test_info_obj_);
+  EXPECT_EQ("event=TestEnd&passed=1&elapsed_time=0ms\n", *output());
+}
+
+TEST_F(StreamingListenerTest, OnTestPartResult) {
+  *output() = "";
+  streamer_.OnTestPartResult(TestPartResult(
+      TestPartResult::kFatalFailure, "foo.cc", 42, "failed=\n&%"));
+
+  // Meta characters in the failure message should be properly escaped.
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      "event=TestPartResult&file=foo.cc&line=42&message=failed%3D%0A%26%25\n",
+      *output());
+}
+
+#endif  // GTEST_CAN_STREAM_RESULTS_
+
 // Provides access to otherwise private parts of the TestEventListeners class
 // that are needed to test it.
 class TestEventListenersAccessor {
@@ -454,45 +529,41 @@
 
 // Tests that the NUL character L'\0' is encoded correctly.
 TEST(CodePointToUtf8Test, CanEncodeNul) {
-  char buffer[32];
-  EXPECT_STREQ("", CodePointToUtf8(L'\0', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("", CodePointToUtf8(L'\0'));
 }
 
 // Tests that ASCII characters are encoded correctly.
 TEST(CodePointToUtf8Test, CanEncodeAscii) {
-  char buffer[32];
-  EXPECT_STREQ("a", CodePointToUtf8(L'a', buffer));
-  EXPECT_STREQ("Z", CodePointToUtf8(L'Z', buffer));
-  EXPECT_STREQ("&", CodePointToUtf8(L'&', buffer));
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\x7F", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x7F', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("a", CodePointToUtf8(L'a'));
+  EXPECT_EQ("Z", CodePointToUtf8(L'Z'));
+  EXPECT_EQ("&", CodePointToUtf8(L'&'));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\x7F", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x7F'));
 }
 
 // Tests that Unicode code-points that have 8 to 11 bits are encoded
 // as 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx.
 TEST(CodePointToUtf8Test, CanEncode8To11Bits) {
-  char buffer[32];
   // 000 1101 0011 => 110-00011 10-010011
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xC3\x93", CodePointToUtf8(L'\xD3', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xC3\x93", CodePointToUtf8(L'\xD3'));
 
   // 101 0111 0110 => 110-10101 10-110110
   // Some compilers (e.g., GCC on MinGW) cannot handle non-ASCII codepoints
   // in wide strings and wide chars. In order to accomodate them, we have to
   // introduce such character constants as integers.
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xD5\xB6",
-               CodePointToUtf8(static_cast<wchar_t>(0x576), buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xD5\xB6",
+            CodePointToUtf8(static_cast<wchar_t>(0x576)));
 }
 
 // Tests that Unicode code-points that have 12 to 16 bits are encoded
 // as 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx.
 TEST(CodePointToUtf8Test, CanEncode12To16Bits) {
-  char buffer[32];
   // 0000 1000 1101 0011 => 1110-0000 10-100011 10-010011
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xE0\xA3\x93",
-               CodePointToUtf8(static_cast<wchar_t>(0x8D3), buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xE0\xA3\x93",
+            CodePointToUtf8(static_cast<wchar_t>(0x8D3)));
 
   // 1100 0111 0100 1101 => 1110-1100 10-011101 10-001101
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xEC\x9D\x8D",
-               CodePointToUtf8(static_cast<wchar_t>(0xC74D), buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xEC\x9D\x8D",
+            CodePointToUtf8(static_cast<wchar_t>(0xC74D)));
 }
 
 #if !GTEST_WIDE_STRING_USES_UTF16_
@@ -503,22 +574,19 @@
 // Tests that Unicode code-points that have 17 to 21 bits are encoded
 // as 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx.
 TEST(CodePointToUtf8Test, CanEncode17To21Bits) {
-  char buffer[32];
   // 0 0001 0000 1000 1101 0011 => 11110-000 10-010000 10-100011 10-010011
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xF0\x90\xA3\x93", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x108D3', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xF0\x90\xA3\x93", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x108D3'));
 
   // 0 0001 0000 0100 0000 0000 => 11110-000 10-010000 10-010000 10-000000
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xF0\x90\x90\x80", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x10400', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xF0\x90\x90\x80", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x10400'));
 
   // 1 0000 1000 0110 0011 0100 => 11110-100 10-001000 10-011000 10-110100
-  EXPECT_STREQ("\xF4\x88\x98\xB4", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x108634', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\xF4\x88\x98\xB4", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x108634'));
 }
 
 // Tests that encoding an invalid code-point generates the expected result.
 TEST(CodePointToUtf8Test, CanEncodeInvalidCodePoint) {
-  char buffer[32];
-  EXPECT_STREQ("(Invalid Unicode 0x1234ABCD)",
-               CodePointToUtf8(L'\x1234ABCD', buffer));
+  EXPECT_EQ("(Invalid Unicode 0x1234ABCD)", CodePointToUtf8(L'\x1234ABCD'));
 }
 
 #endif  // !GTEST_WIDE_STRING_USES_UTF16_
@@ -960,33 +1028,6 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(String::CaseInsensitiveWideCStringEquals(L"FOOBAR", L"foobar"));
 }
 
-// Tests that String::Format() works.
-TEST(StringTest, FormatWorks) {
-  // Normal case: the format spec is valid, the arguments match the
-  // spec, and the result is < 4095 characters.
-  EXPECT_STREQ("Hello, 42", String::Format("%s, %d", "Hello", 42).c_str());
-
-  // Edge case: the result is 4095 characters.
-  char buffer[4096];
-  const size_t kSize = sizeof(buffer);
-  memset(buffer, 'a', kSize - 1);
-  buffer[kSize - 1] = '\0';
-  EXPECT_EQ(buffer, String::Format("%s", buffer));
-
-  // The result needs to be 4096 characters, exceeding Format()'s limit.
-  EXPECT_EQ("<formatting error or buffer exceeded>",
-            String::Format("x%s", buffer));
-
-#if GTEST_OS_LINUX && !GTEST_OS_LINUX_ANDROID
-  // On Linux, invalid format spec should lead to an error message.
-  // In other environment (e.g. MSVC on Windows), String::Format() may
-  // simply ignore a bad format spec, so this assertion is run on
-  // Linux only.
-  EXPECT_EQ("<formatting error or buffer exceeded>",
-            String::Format("%"));
-#endif
-}
-
 #if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 
 // Tests String::ShowWideCString().
@@ -3731,10 +3772,10 @@
 
   EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(EXPECT_HRESULT_FAILED(OkHRESULTSuccess()),
     "Expected: (OkHRESULTSuccess()) fails.\n"
-    "  Actual: 0x00000000");
+    "  Actual: 0x0");
   EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(EXPECT_HRESULT_FAILED(FalseHRESULTSuccess()),
     "Expected: (FalseHRESULTSuccess()) fails.\n"
-    "  Actual: 0x00000001");
+    "  Actual: 0x1");
 }
 
 TEST(HRESULTAssertionTest, ASSERT_HRESULT_FAILED) {
@@ -3745,12 +3786,12 @@
   // ICE's in C++Builder 2007 and 2009.
   EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE(ASSERT_HRESULT_FAILED(OkHRESULTSuccess()),
     "Expected: (OkHRESULTSuccess()) fails.\n"
-    "  Actual: 0x00000000");
+    "  Actual: 0x0");
 # endif
 
   EXPECT_FATAL_FAILURE(ASSERT_HRESULT_FAILED(FalseHRESULTSuccess()),
     "Expected: (FalseHRESULTSuccess()) fails.\n"
-    "  Actual: 0x00000001");
+    "  Actual: 0x1");
 }
 
 // Tests that streaming to the HRESULT macros works.