From: Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 22:01:35 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: lib/core: intro to_s_with_copy_and_length
X-Git-Url: http://nitlanguage.org

lib/core: intro to_s_with_copy_and_length

Signed-off-by: Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
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diff --git a/lib/core/text/flat.nit b/lib/core/text/flat.nit
index 18fdabe..3647344 100644
--- a/lib/core/text/flat.nit
+++ b/lib/core/text/flat.nit
@@ -1185,9 +1185,11 @@ redef class NativeString
 	end
 
 	# Returns `self` as a new String.
-	redef fun to_s_with_copy: FlatString
+	redef fun to_s_with_copy do return to_s_with_copy_and_length(cstring_length)
+
+	# Get a `String` from `length` bytes at `self` copied into Nit memory
+	fun to_s_with_copy_and_length(length: Int): String
 	do
-		var length = cstring_length
 		var r = clean_utf8(length)
 		if r.items != self then return r
 		var new_self = new NativeString(length + 1)