diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 595cc0e..20b67e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "whitespace-sifter"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["JumperBot_"]
 description = "Sift duplicate whitespaces away!"
diff --git a/benches/bench.rs b/benches/bench.rs
index 7cde1e7..e2a10c9 100644
--- a/benches/bench.rs
+++ b/benches/bench.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ fn benchmark_sift_preserved(c: &mut Criterion) {
         c.iter(|| {
             input
                 .split("\r\n")
-                .map(|x| x.trim())
+                .map(str::trim)
                 .filter(|x| !x.is_empty())
                 .fold(String::new(), |acc, e| {
                     acc + "\n"
-                        + &e.chars()
+                        + e.chars()
                             .map(|c| (c.to_string(), c.is_ascii_whitespace(), c))
                             .fold(("!".to_string(), false, '!'), |(a, aw, ac), (b, bw, bc)| {
                                 if bw && aw && (ac, bc) != ('\r', '\n') {
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ fn benchmark_sift_preserved(c: &mut Criterion) {
                             })
                             .0[1..]
                             .trim()
-                            .to_string()
                 })
                 .trim()
                 .to_string()
@@ -44,13 +43,14 @@ fn benchmark_sift_preserved(c: &mut Criterion) {
     g.bench_with_input("Loop Sift", &input, |c, input| {
         c.iter(|| {
             let mut out: String = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+            #[allow(clippy::str_split_at_newline)]
             for val in input.trim().split('\n') {
                 let ends_with_carriage_return: bool = val.ends_with('\r');
                 let val: &str = val.trim();
                 if val.is_empty() {
                     continue;
                 }
-                out.push_str(&sift(val));
+                sift_preallocated(val, &mut out);
                 if ends_with_carriage_return {
                     out.push_str("\r\n");
                     continue;
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ fn benchmark_sift_preserved(c: &mut Criterion) {
     g.finish();
 }
 
-fn sift(input: &str) -> String {
+#[must_use] pub fn sift(input: &str) -> String {
     let mut out: String = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+    sift_preallocated(input, &mut out);
+    out
+}
+
+fn sift_preallocated(input: &str, out: &mut String) {
     let mut is_last_whitespace: bool = false;
     let mut is_last_carriage_return: bool = false;
     for c in input.trim().chars() {
@@ -90,7 +95,6 @@ fn sift(input: &str) -> String {
         is_last_carriage_return = is_carriage_return;
         is_last_whitespace = is_whitespace;
     }
-    out
 }
 
 fn benchmark_sift(c: &mut Criterion) {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5175e07..897b990 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 #[must_use]
 pub fn sift(input: &str) -> String {
     let mut out: String = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+    sift_preallocated(input, &mut out);
+    out
+}
+
+fn sift_preallocated(input: &str, out: &mut String) {
     let mut is_last_whitespace: bool = false;
     let mut is_last_carriage_return: bool = false;
     for c in input.trim().chars() {
@@ -44,7 +49,6 @@ pub fn sift(input: &str) -> String {
         is_last_carriage_return = is_carriage_return;
         is_last_whitespace = is_whitespace;
     }
-    out
 }
 
 /// This remove duplicate [whitespaces](https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/whitespace.html) within the `&str` while preserving deduplicated newlines.  
@@ -52,13 +56,14 @@ pub fn sift(input: &str) -> String {
 #[must_use]
 pub fn sift_preserve_newlines(input: &str) -> String {
     let mut out: String = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+    #[allow(clippy::str_split_at_newline)]
     for val in input.trim().split('\n') {
         let ends_with_carriage_return: bool = val.ends_with('\r');
         let val: &str = val.trim();
         if val.is_empty() {
             continue;
         }
-        out.push_str(&sift(val));
+        sift_preallocated(val, &mut out);
         if ends_with_carriage_return {
             out.push_str("\r\n");
             continue;