# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
+#alt1 import splay_ropes
+
var x :String = new RopeString
x = x + "NODE"
var atb = new Array[String]
-var s = new RopeString
-s = s.prepend(".types").as(RopeString)
-s = s.prepend("./examples/hello_world.nit".substring(11,11)).as(RopeString)
-s = s.append(".").as(RopeString)
-s = s.append("1").as(RopeString)
-s = s.append(".o").as(RopeString)
+var s: String = new RopeString
+s = s + "./examples/hello_world.nit".substring(11,11) + ".types"
+s += "."
+s += "1"
+s += ".o"
print s