During the 2025 Sofia meeting, LEWG declared consensus to spend more time on `zstring_view` ([[P3655R4]](https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2026/p3655r4.html)). This paper follows the direction. We want to make sure that the design goals for `zstring_view` are clearly understood before any decisions whether to even have it, or in what form, are made.