Revert "revert string comparison changes"

[lancep]

This reverts commit e51fb9b.

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

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[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[lancep]

Please test with following pull request:
swiftlang/swift#14694

@swift-ci please test

[milseman]

@lancep is this the one that needs to merge to fix testing on Linux? If so, ask @shahmishal or someone with merge access

[lancep]

@swift-ci please test

[shahmishal]

Discussed offline with @lancep, we will wait until current build completes before merging the PR.

[shahmishal]

Merged to unblock CI