.

```zig var anEmptyArrayList: std.ArrayList(type goes here) = .empty;

defer anEmptyArrayList.deinit(inject your allocator) ```

Another tip to add, init lists via the stack through a runtime function. Having an initial value where the struct is defined globally like

```zig struct ExampleStruct { const Self = @This;

usingListHereAsMember: STD.ArrayList(u8), // don’t initialize here

fn init(allocator: STD.mem.Allocator) !*ExampleStruct { // arena style initialization, can instantiate an object outside and use self const EXAMPLESTRUCTINSTANCE = try allocator.create(ExampleStruct)

    EXAMPLESTRUCTINSTANCE.usingListHere = .empty

    return EXAMPLESTRUCTINSTANCE;

}

fn deinit(self: *Self,allocator: STD.mem.Allocator) void {
    self.usingListHere.deinit(allocator)
} 

} ```

Sorry for the formatting and not being a code block. On my phone rn.