diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser
index 11bef292262..076461df5df 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/ChangeLog-browser
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2005-03-9 Chris Wiebe
+2005-03-29 Chris Wiebe
+	small change for potential reduction in memory usage
+	* browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/QualifiedTypeName.java
+
+2005-03-29 Chris Wiebe
 	temporary fix for type parser timeout
 	* browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/cache/TypeParser.java
 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/QualifiedTypeName.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/QualifiedTypeName.java
index b7e2ee946e0..1f772b921a6 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/QualifiedTypeName.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/browser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/browser/QualifiedTypeName.java
@@ -71,13 +71,17 @@ public class QualifiedTypeName implements IQualifiedTypeName {
 			lastIndex = 0;
 			qualifierIndex = qualifiedName.indexOf(QUALIFIER, 0);
 			while (qualifierIndex >= 0) {
-			    segments[segmentCount] = qualifiedName.substring(lastIndex, qualifierIndex);
+                // note: we allocate a new string rather than use the returned substring,
+                // otherwise we're holding a reference to the entire original string
+			    segments[segmentCount] = new String(qualifiedName.substring(lastIndex, qualifierIndex));
 				++segmentCount;
 				lastIndex = qualifierIndex + QUALIFIER.length();
 				qualifierIndex = qualifiedName.indexOf(QUALIFIER, lastIndex);
 			}
 			Assert.isTrue(segmentCount == (maxSegments - 1));
-			segments[segmentCount] = qualifiedName.substring(lastIndex);
+            // note: we allocate a new string rather than use the returned substring,
+            // otherwise we're holding a reference to the entire original string
+			segments[segmentCount] = new String(qualifiedName.substring(lastIndex));
 		}
 		return segments;
 	}