1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/absl/status/status.cc b/absl/status/status.cc
index 7eb5d66a..7c778ac0 100644
--- a/absl/status/status.cc
+++ b/absl/status/status.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h"
 #include "absl/base/internal/strerror.h"
 #include "absl/base/macros.h"
+#include "absl/base/no_destructor.h"
 #include "absl/debugging/stacktrace.h"
 #include "absl/debugging/symbolize.h"
 #include "absl/status/internal/status_internal.h"
@@ -90,11 +91,8 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, StatusCode code) {
 }
 
 const std::string* Status::EmptyString() {
-  static union EmptyString {
-    std::string str;
-    ~EmptyString() {}
-  } empty = {{}};
-  return &empty.str;
+  static const absl::NoDestructor<std::string> kEmpty;
+  return kEmpty.get();
 }
 
 #ifdef ABSL_INTERNAL_NEED_REDUNDANT_CONSTEXPR_DECL
@@ -102,8 +100,8 @@ constexpr const char Status::kMovedFromString[];
 #endif
 
 const std::string* Status::MovedFromString() {
-  static std::string* moved_from_string = new std::string(kMovedFromString);
-  return moved_from_string;
+  static const absl::NoDestructor<std::string> kMovedFrom(kMovedFromString);
+  return kMovedFrom.get();
 }
 
 Status::Status(absl::StatusCode code, absl::string_view msg)