Merge: Added `copy_from` service to `NativeString`

[nit.git] / lib / core / text / abstract_text.nit

diff --git a/lib/core/text/abstract_text.nit b/lib/core/text/abstract_text.nit
index c9d1279..d7dfa48 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/core/text/abstract_text.nit
+++ b/lib/core/text/abstract_text.nit
@@ -2160,6 +2160,11 @@ redef class NativeString
        # SEE: `abstract_text::Text` for more info on the difference
        # between `Text::bytelen` and `Text::length`.
        fun to_s_full(bytelen, unilen: Int): String is abstract
+
+       # Copies the content of `src` to `self`
+       #
+       # NOTE: `self` must be large enough to withold `self.bytelen` bytes
+       fun fill_from(src: Text) do src.copy_to_native(self, src.bytelen, 0, 0)
 end
 
 redef class NativeArray[E]