On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:43:58 -0400, Unknown W. Brackets <unknown at simplemachines.org> wrote: > 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]; Also can be: char[] s; Which creates a new array of 0 length also. -Steve