Moved the burden of forgivingness for string sl...

Moved the burden of forgivingness for string slices into StringOps where
it belongs. Review by odersky.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/files/run/slice-strings.scala b/test/files/run/slice-strings.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..129314387a
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+++ b/test/files/run/slice-strings.scala
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+object Test {
+  def cmp(x1: String) = {
+    val x2 = x1.toList
+
+    -10 to 10 foreach { i =>
+      assert(x1.take(i) == x2.take(i).mkString)
+      assert(x1.drop(i) == x2.drop(i).mkString)
+      assert(x1.takeRight(i) == x2.takeRight(i).mkString)
+      assert(x1.dropRight(i) == x2.dropRight(i).mkString)
+    }
+    for (idx1 <- -3 to 3 ; idx2 <- -3 to 3) {
+      assert(x1.slice(idx1, idx2) == x2.slice(idx1, idx2).mkString)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+     cmp("abcde")
+  }
+}