diff --git a/ev_str.h b/ev_str.h
index 3a27fb2..70d798a 100644
--- a/ev_str.h
+++ b/ev_str.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 /*!
  * \brief Rate at which an evstring grows whenever a resize is needed
  */
-#define EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR 3 / 2
+#define EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR 2
 #endif
 
 typedef char *evstring;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ TYPEDATA_GEN(evstring_error_t, DEFAULT(EV_STR_ERR_NONE));
 struct evstr_meta_t {
     EV_DEBUG(u64 magic;)
     u64 length;
-    u64 size;
+    u64 capacity;
     enum {
         EV_STR_ALLOCATION_TYPE_STACK,
         EV_STR_ALLOCATION_TYPE_HEAP
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct evstr_meta_t {
     (( struct { struct evstr_meta_t meta; char data[len]; } ) { \
         EV_DEBUG(.meta.magic = EV_STR_evstring_MAGIC,) \
         .meta.length = len-1, \
-        .meta.size = len, \
+        .meta.capacity = len, \
         .meta.allocationType = EV_STR_ALLOCATION_TYPE_STACK, \
         .data = str \
     }).data
@@ -249,9 +249,10 @@ evstring_new_impl(
     const char *data,
     u64 len)
 {
-    u64 size = sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t) + len + 1;
+    u64 str_cap = len + 1;
+    u64 alloc_size = sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t) + str_cap;
 
-    void *p = ev_str_malloc(size);
+    void *p = ev_str_malloc(alloc_size);
     assert(p); // Raised if malloc fails
 
     struct evstr_meta_t *meta = (struct evstr_meta_t *)p;
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ EV_DEBUG
     meta->magic = EV_STR_evstring_MAGIC;
 )
     meta->length = len;
-    meta->size = size;
+    meta->capacity = str_cap;
     meta->allocationType = EV_STR_ALLOCATION_TYPE_HEAP;
 
     evstring s = (evstring)(meta + 1);
@@ -343,9 +344,9 @@ evstring_getLength(
 }
 
 evstring_error_t
-evstring_setSize(
+evstring_setCapacity(
     evstring *s,
-    size_t newsize)
+    size_t new_capacity)
 {
     evstr_asserttype(*s);
     struct evstr_meta_t *meta = META(*s);
@@ -353,12 +354,12 @@ evstring_setSize(
         return EV_STR_ERR_OOM;
     }
 
-    if(meta->size == newsize) {
+    if(meta->capacity == new_capacity) {
         return EV_STR_ERR_NONE;
     }
 
     void *buf = (void*)meta;
-    void *tmp = ev_str_realloc(buf, sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t) + newsize);
+    void *tmp = ev_str_realloc(buf, sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t) + new_capacity);
 
     if (!tmp) {
         return EV_STR_ERR_OOM;
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ evstring_setSize(
         *s = (evstring)(meta+1);
     }
 
-    meta->size = newsize;
+    meta->capacity = new_capacity;
     return EV_STR_ERR_NONE;
 }
 
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ evstring_grow(
     evstring *s)
 {
     evstr_asserttype(*s);
-    return evstring_setSize(s, META(*s)->size * EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR);
+    return evstring_setCapacity(s, META(*s)->capacity * EV_STR_GROWTH_FACTOR);
 }
 
 evstring_error_t
@@ -393,8 +394,8 @@ evstring_setLength(
         return EV_STR_ERR_NONE;
     }
 
-    u64 required_size = sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t) + newlen + 1;
-    while(required_size > meta->size) {
+    u64 required_capacity = newlen + 1;
+    while(required_capacity > meta->capacity) {
         evstring_error_t grow_err = evstring_grow(s);
         if(grow_err) {
             return grow_err;
@@ -441,8 +442,8 @@ evstring_push_impl(
     struct evstr_meta_t *meta = META(*s);
 
     // TODO Find a more efficient approach?
-    u64 required_size = sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t) + meta->length + sz + 1;
-    while(required_size > meta->size) { // `<=` because of the null terminator
+    u64 required_capacity = meta->length + sz + 1;
+    while(required_capacity > meta->capacity) { // `<=` because of the null terminator
         evstring_error_t grow_err = evstring_grow(s);
         if(grow_err != EV_STR_ERR_NONE) {
             return grow_err;
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@ evstring_getSpace(
 {
     evstr_asserttype(s);
     struct evstr_meta_t *meta = META(s);
-    return meta->size - meta->length - 1 - sizeof(struct evstr_meta_t);
+    return meta->capacity - meta->length - 1;
 }
 
 evstring_error_t
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ evstring_addSpace(
     u64 space)
 {
     evstr_asserttype(*s);
-    return evstring_setSize(s, META(*s)->size + space);
+    return evstring_setCapacity(s, META(*s)->capacity + space);
 }
 
 evstring_view