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+// https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-string-constructor.html
+
+#include "structures.h"
+
+void test()
+{
+  // A common mistake is to swap parameters to the ‘fill’ string-constructor.
+  std::string str('x', 50); // should be str(50, 'x')
+
+  // Calling the string-literal constructor with a length bigger than the
+  // literal is suspicious and adds extra random characters to the string.
+  std::string("test", 200);   // Will include random characters after "test".
+
+  // Creating an empty string from constructors with parameters is considered
+  // suspicious. The programmer should use the empty constructor instead.
+  std::string("test", 0);   // Creation of an empty string.
+}