auto s = string(`foo`);
Error: function expected before (), not string of type string
It should be accepted because all built-in types has a ctor.
For example auto a = int(10); works
Comment #1 by b2.temp — 2019-03-20T22:35:52Z
string is not a builtin type, it's an alias to an array, so the rule for uniform constructor call doesn't apply.