From 69c14e65f3d0aeec992c25bbc4843773d56341d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Chung <schungx@live.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 11:51:13 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add ImmutableString::new() to mirror String API.

---
 src/immutable_string.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/immutable_string.rs b/src/immutable_string.rs
index 48c7e387..d6555698 100644
--- a/src/immutable_string.rs
+++ b/src/immutable_string.rs
@@ -522,6 +522,11 @@ impl PartialOrd<ImmutableString> for String {
 }
 
 impl ImmutableString {
+    /// Create a new [`ImmutableString`].
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self(SmartString::new().into())
+    }
     /// Consume the [`ImmutableString`] and convert it into a [`String`].
     /// If there are other references to the same string, a cloned copy is returned.
     #[inline(always)]