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import core
#alt1 intrude import core::text::ropes
#alt2 intrude import core::text::ropes

var ons = new CString(9)
var base_str = "%Dégâštr"

var str: String = base_str
#alt1 str = new Concat(base_str, base_str)
#alt2 str = new Concat(base_str, base_str.substring_from(2))

var copy_len = (str.byte_length - 4).min(9)
str.copy_to_native(ons, copy_len, 4, 0)
print ons.to_s_unsafe(copy_len, copy=false)