Return an empty C-String

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Simple Question:

How do you return an empty C-String with as little code as possible?

I have code that needs to return an empty char*. I am looking for something along the lines of return "";. I know there are several ways to do this, but I am looking for the most efficient way possible.

Using return ""; gives warning: conversion from string literal to 'char *' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-writable-strings]

Thanks!

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