surprised that most of this is considered obscure... and also teh square bracket thing is only for built-in types (e.g. pointer types) because it can be overloa

surprised that most of this is considered obscure... and also teh square bracket thing is only for built-in types (e.g. pointer types) because it can be overloaded... the constructor vs. function choice is a classic gotcha for instance. i've had to explain it to juniors many times.