Index: tests/collections/.expect/string-api-coverage.txt
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--- tests/collections/.expect/string-api-coverage.txt	(revision e891349fb7fcd052e543e9f994ba7bdc3f0ddad6)
+++ tests/collections/.expect/string-api-coverage.txt	(revision 906d8fa2462dabd55ea8943acbe9ac9f33195f35)
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@
 true false
 true false
+1234567
 123
 hello
+hell
 hello
 world
 hello
 world
+Q
 1234567
 hello
Index: tests/collections/string-api-coverage.cfa
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--- tests/collections/string-api-coverage.cfa	(revision e891349fb7fcd052e543e9f994ba7bdc3f0ddad6)
+++ tests/collections/string-api-coverage.cfa	(revision 906d8fa2462dabd55ea8943acbe9ac9f33195f35)
@@ -66,9 +66,15 @@
     //
     {
-        string b1 = { "1234567", 3 };
-        sout | b1; // 123
+        string b1 = "1234567";
+        sout | b1; // 1234567
+
+        string b1x = { "1234567", 3 };
+        sout | b1x; // 123
 
         string b2 = s;
         sout | b2; // hello
+
+        string b2x = { s, 4 };
+        sout | b2x; // hell
 
         // todo: a plain string &
@@ -88,4 +94,9 @@
         b4 = s_constref;
         sout | b4;  // world
+
+        string b5 = 'Q';
+        sout | b5; // Q
+
+
     }
                                             assertWellFormedHandleList( 10 );