diff --git a/godot/core/arrays.nim b/godot/core/arrays.nim
index fcbafb2..3bbb2c9 100644
--- a/godot/core/arrays.nim
+++ b/godot/core/arrays.nim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ proc newArray*(arr: GodotArray): Array {.inline.} =
 
 import variants
 
-proc newArray*(s: varargs[Variant]): Array =
+proc newArray*(s: varargs[Variant], `newVariant`): Array =
   new(result, arrayFinalizer)
   initGodotArray(result.godotArray)
   for v in s:
diff --git a/godot/core/poolarrays.nim b/godot/core/poolarrays.nim
index 29fda96..afd951a 100644
--- a/godot/core/poolarrays.nim
+++ b/godot/core/poolarrays.nim
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ template definePoolArrayBase(T, GodotT, DataT, fieldName, newProcName,
   proc poolArrayFinalizer(arr: T) =
     arr.fieldName.deinit()
 
-  proc newProcName*(): T {.inline.} =
-    new(result, poolArrayFinalizer)
-    initProcName(result.fieldName)
-
   proc fieldName*(self: T): ptr GodotT {.inline.} =
     ## WARNING: do not keep the returned value for longer than the lifetime of
     ## the array.
@@ -88,6 +84,13 @@ template definePoolArray(T, GodotT, DataT, fieldName, newProcName, initProcName;
     newProcName(self.fieldName.subarray(idxFrom.cint, idxTo.cint))
 
   when not noData:
+    proc newProcName*(s: varargs[DataT]): T {.inline.} =
+      new(result)
+      initProcName(result.fieldName)
+      result.fieldName.setLen(s.len.cint)
+      for idx, data in s:
+        result.fieldName[idx.cint] = data
+
     proc add*(self: T; data: DataT) {.inline.} =
       self.fieldName.add(data)
 
@@ -138,6 +141,15 @@ definePoolArray(PoolStringArray, GodotPoolStringArray, string,
                 godotPoolStringArray, newPoolStringArray,
                 initGodotPoolStringArray, true)
 
+proc newPoolStringArray*(s: varargs[string]): PoolStringArray {.inline.} =
+  new(result)
+  initGodotPoolStringArray(result.godotPoolStringArray)
+  result.godotPoolStringArray.setLen(s.len.cint)
+  for idx, str in s:
+    var gstr = str.toGodotString()
+    result.godotPoolStringArray[idx.cint] = gstr
+    gstr.deinit()
+
 proc add*(self: PoolStringArray; data: string) =
   var s = data.toGodotString()
   self.godotPoolStringArray.add(s)