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1.. title:: clang-tidy - readability-redundant-string-init
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3readability-redundant-string-init
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6Finds unnecessary string initializations.
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8Examples
9--------
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11.. code-block:: c++
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13  // Initializing string with empty string literal is unnecessary.
14  std::string a = "";
15  std::string b("");
16
17  // becomes
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19  std::string a;
20  std::string b;
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22  // Initializing a string_view with an empty string literal produces an
23  // instance that compares equal to string_view().
24  std::string_view a = "";
25  std::string_view b("");
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27  // becomes
28  std::string_view a;
29  std::string_view b;
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31Options
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34.. option:: StringNames
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36    Default is `::std::basic_string;::std::basic_string_view`.
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38    Semicolon-delimited list of class names to apply this check to.
39    By default `::std::basic_string` applies to ``std::string`` and
40    ``std::wstring``. Set to e.g. `::std::basic_string;llvm::StringRef;QString`
41    to perform this check on custom classes.
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