Index: tests/collections/.expect/string-api-coverage.txt
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--- tests/collections/.expect/string-api-coverage.txt	(revision 0ca15b74a1af1d7ecea0babdf66b02787cff7715)
+++ tests/collections/.expect/string-api-coverage.txt	(revision 4e8df745bf32da07b36eb0f151a7206260a7d2eb)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 hello hello hello
+
+hello
 true false
 true false
Index: tests/collections/string-api-coverage.cfa
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--- tests/collections/string-api-coverage.cfa	(revision 0ca15b74a1af1d7ecea0babdf66b02787cff7715)
+++ tests/collections/string-api-coverage.cfa	(revision 4e8df745bf32da07b36eb0f151a7206260a7d2eb)
@@ -37,5 +37,11 @@
 
     // IO operator, x2
-    sout | s | s | s;
+    sout | s | s | s;  // hello hello hello
+
+    // empty ctor then assign
+    string sxx;
+    sout | sxx;  // (blank line)
+    sxx = s;
+    sout | sxx;  // hello
 
     // Comparisons