From ad51e647af26574117af7c9bc7afdc712a1786ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 18:48:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tweak

---
 esphome/core/scheduler.cpp | 6 ++----
 esphome/core/scheduler.h   | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/scheduler.cpp b/esphome/core/scheduler.cpp
index fa0f6c00f6..be8f7db83f 100644
--- a/esphome/core/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/scheduler.cpp
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ static void validate_static_string(const char *name) {
 void HOT Scheduler::set_timer_common_(Component *component, SchedulerItem::Type type, bool is_static_string,
                                       const void *name_ptr, uint32_t delay, std::function<void()> func) {
   // Get the name as const char*
-  const char *name_cstr =
-      is_static_string ? static_cast<const char *>(name_ptr) : static_cast<const std::string *>(name_ptr)->c_str();
+  const char *name_cstr = this->get_name_cstr_(is_static_string, name_ptr);
 
   if (delay == SCHEDULER_DONT_RUN) {
     // Still need to cancel existing timer if name is not empty
@@ -418,8 +417,7 @@ void HOT Scheduler::execute_item_(SchedulerItem *item) {
 bool HOT Scheduler::cancel_item_(Component *component, bool is_static_string, const void *name_ptr,
                                  SchedulerItem::Type type) {
   // Get the name as const char*
-  const char *name_cstr =
-      is_static_string ? static_cast<const char *>(name_ptr) : static_cast<const std::string *>(name_ptr)->c_str();
+  const char *name_cstr = this->get_name_cstr_(is_static_string, name_ptr);
 
   // Handle null or empty names
   if (name_cstr == nullptr)
diff --git a/esphome/core/scheduler.h b/esphome/core/scheduler.h
index 9ff6336bd5..f3f78d39af 100644
--- a/esphome/core/scheduler.h
+++ b/esphome/core/scheduler.h
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ class Scheduler {
   // Helper to cancel items by name - must be called with lock held
   bool cancel_item_locked_(Component *component, const char *name, SchedulerItem::Type type, bool defer_only);
 
+  // Helper to extract name as const char* from either static string or std::string
+  inline const char *get_name_cstr_(bool is_static_string, const void *name_ptr) {
+    return is_static_string ? static_cast<const char *>(name_ptr) : static_cast<const std::string *>(name_ptr)->c_str();
+  }
+
   // Common implementation for cancel operations
   bool cancel_item_(Component *component, bool is_static_string, const void *name_ptr, SchedulerItem::Type type);