How to initialize an std::string using ""?

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Published on 2011-03-18T15:20:34Z Indexed on 2011/03/18 16:10 UTC
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I'm facing problems with initializing a std::string variable using "" (i.e. an empty string). It's causing strange behavior in code that was previously working. Is the following statement wrong?

std::string operationalReason = "";

When I use the following code everything works fine:

std::string operationalReason;
operationalReason.clear();

I believe that string literals are stored in a separate memory location that is compiler-dependent. Could the problem I'm seeing actually be indicating a corruption of that storage? If so, it would get hidden by my usage of the clear() function.

Thanks.

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