string is const char [] ?

[Kaz Kylheku]

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Richard Henderson wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 03:07:30PM +0200, Kamil Iskra wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you know the standard far better than I do,
> > but are you SURE that it disallows this initialisation syntax?
> 
> For non-constant static or file-scope variables, the "" form is
> legal.  For automatic variables, it is not.

Could you cite the relevant sections from either the C or C++ standards?
(Or both).