I am not married to any particular language’s syntax choices but sure if we want to play “make it feel like C++”:

std::cpp26::string a : std::cpp26::make_unique( std::cpp26::string{} );

I could try and pass it through a number of iostreams or a to_array conversion to see if I can push a to_string() in somewhere…

String a: new String()

I was gonna make a pun, but I’m not in any hurry for it to come out.

Young intern. Only now, at the prerelease meeting, do you understand. Your coding skills are no match for the requirement of the client. You have added the tasks for your lack of vision. Now, young intern, you will refactor.