What can you "new"

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The new construct allocates memory.  You can "new" anything that 
requires a set amount of memory.

This is equivalent to what you want:

auto s = new char[0];

Which creates a new dynamic array with no length (yet.)  You can resize 
it later.  Remember, that is not the same as saying:

char[0] s;

Which creates a static array.  This cannot be resized.

For the sake of people used to other languages (where arrays are 
objects), it is possible "new type_t[]" could be considered the same as 
"new type_t[0]", but that is an RFE not a bug.

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Steve Teale wrote:
> void str()
> {
>    auto s = new char[];
> }
> 
> void main()
> {
>    str();
> }
> 
> produces:
> 
> str.d(3): Error: new can only create structs, dynamic arrays or class objects, not char[]'s.
> 
> What am I missing here, isn't char[] a dynamic array?
>