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//
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// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
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/*!
 * String manipulation
 *
 * Strings are a packed UTF-8 representation of text, stored as null
 * terminated buffers of u8 bytes.  Strings should be indexed in bytes,
 * for efficiency, but UTF-8 unsafe operations should be avoided.  For
 * some heavy-duty uses, try extra::rope.
 */

use at_vec;
use cast::transmute;
use cast;
use char;
use char::Char;
use clone::Clone;
use container::Container;
use iter::Times;
use iterator::{Iterator, IteratorUtil, FilterIterator, AdditiveIterator, MapIterator};
use libc;
use num::Zero;
use option::{None, Option, Some};
use ptr;
use ptr::RawPtr;
use to_str::ToStr;
use uint;
use vec;
use vec::{OwnedVector, OwnedCopyableVector, ImmutableVector};

/*
Section: Conditions
*/
condition! {
    not_utf8: (~str) -> ~str;
}

/*
Section: Creating a string
*/

/**
 * Convert a vector of bytes to a new UTF-8 string
 *
 * # Failure
 *
 * Raises the `not_utf8` condition if invalid UTF-8
 */
pub fn from_bytes(vv: &[u8]) -> ~str {
    use str::not_utf8::cond;

    if !is_utf8(vv) {
        let first_bad_byte = *vv.iter().find_(|&b| !is_utf8([*b])).get();
        cond.raise(fmt!("from_bytes: input is not UTF-8; first bad byte is %u",
                        first_bad_byte as uint))
    }
    else {
        return unsafe { raw::from_bytes(vv) }
    }
}

/**
 * Consumes a vector of bytes to create a new utf-8 string
 *
 * # Failure
 *
 * Raises the `not_utf8` condition if invalid UTF-8
 */
pub fn from_bytes_owned(vv: ~[u8]) -> ~str {
    use str::not_utf8::cond;

    if !is_utf8(vv) {
        let first_bad_byte = *vv.iter().find_(|&b| !is_utf8([*b])).get();
        cond.raise(fmt!("from_bytes: input is not UTF-8; first bad byte is %u",
                        first_bad_byte as uint))
    } else {
        return unsafe { raw::from_bytes_owned(vv) }
    }
}

/**
 * Convert a vector of bytes to a UTF-8 string.
 * The vector needs to be one byte longer than the string, and end with a 0 byte.
 *
 * Compared to `from_bytes()`, this fn doesn't need to allocate a new owned str.
 *
 * # Failure
 *
 * Fails if invalid UTF-8
 * Fails if not null terminated
 */
pub fn from_bytes_with_null<'a>(vv: &'a [u8]) -> &'a str {
    assert_eq!(vv[vv.len() - 1], 0);
    assert!(is_utf8(vv));
    return unsafe { raw::from_bytes_with_null(vv) };
}

/**
 * Converts a vector to a string slice without performing any allocations.
 *
 * Once the slice has been validated as utf-8, it is transmuted in-place and
 * returned as a '&str' instead of a '&[u8]'
 *
 * # Failure
 *
 * Fails if invalid UTF-8
 */
pub fn from_bytes_slice<'a>(vector: &'a [u8]) -> &'a str {
    unsafe {
        assert!(is_utf8(vector));
        let (ptr, len): (*u8, uint) = ::cast::transmute(vector);
        let string: &'a str = ::cast::transmute((ptr, len + 1));
        string
    }
}

/// Copy a slice into a new unique str
#[inline]
pub fn to_owned(s: &str) -> ~str {
    unsafe { raw::slice_bytes_owned(s, 0, s.len()) }
}

impl ToStr for ~str {
    #[inline]
    fn to_str(&self) -> ~str { to_owned(*self) }
}
impl<'self> ToStr for &'self str {
    #[inline]
    fn to_str(&self) -> ~str { to_owned(*self) }
}
impl ToStr for @str {
    #[inline]
    fn to_str(&self) -> ~str { to_owned(*self) }
}

/**
 * Convert a byte to a UTF-8 string
 *
 * # Failure
 *
 * Fails if invalid UTF-8
 */
pub fn from_byte(b: u8) -> ~str {
    assert!(b < 128u8);
    unsafe { ::cast::transmute(~[b, 0u8]) }
}

/// Convert a char to a string
pub fn from_char(ch: char) -> ~str {
    let mut buf = ~"";
    buf.push_char(ch);
    buf
}

/// Convert a vector of chars to a string
pub fn from_chars(chs: &[char]) -> ~str {
    let mut buf = ~"";
    buf.reserve(chs.len());
    for chs.iter().advance |ch| {
        buf.push_char(*ch)
    }
    buf
}

#[doc(hidden)]
pub fn push_str(lhs: &mut ~str, rhs: &str) {
    lhs.push_str(rhs)
}

#[allow(missing_doc)]
pub trait StrVector {
    pub fn concat(&self) -> ~str;
    pub fn connect(&self, sep: &str) -> ~str;
}

impl<'self, S: Str> StrVector for &'self [S] {
    /// Concatenate a vector of strings.
    pub fn concat(&self) -> ~str {
        if self.is_empty() { return ~""; }

        let len = self.iter().transform(|s| s.as_slice().len()).sum();

        let mut s = ~"";

        s.reserve(len);

        unsafe {
            do as_buf(s) |buf, _| {
                let mut buf = ::cast::transmute_mut_unsafe(buf);
                for self.iter().advance |ss| {
                    do as_buf(ss.as_slice()) |ssbuf, sslen| {
                        let sslen = sslen - 1;
                        ptr::copy_memory(buf, ssbuf, sslen);
                        buf = buf.offset(sslen);
                    }
                }
            }
            raw::set_len(&mut s, len);
        }
        s
    }

    /// Concatenate a vector of strings, placing a given separator between each.
    pub fn connect(&self, sep: &str) -> ~str {
        if self.is_empty() { return ~""; }

        // concat is faster
        if sep.is_empty() { return self.concat(); }

        // this is wrong without the guarantee that `self` is non-empty
        let len = sep.len() * (self.len() - 1)
            + self.iter().transform(|s| s.as_slice().len()).sum();
        let mut s = ~"";
        let mut first = true;

        s.reserve(len);

        unsafe {
            do as_buf(s) |buf, _| {
                do as_buf(sep) |sepbuf, seplen| {
                    let seplen = seplen - 1;
                    let mut buf = ::cast::transmute_mut_unsafe(buf);
                    for self.iter().advance |ss| {
                        do as_buf(ss.as_slice()) |ssbuf, sslen| {
                            let sslen = sslen - 1;
                            if first {
                                first = false;
                            } else {
                                ptr::copy_memory(buf, sepbuf, seplen);
                                buf = buf.offset(seplen);
                            }
                            ptr::copy_memory(buf, ssbuf, sslen);
                            buf = buf.offset(sslen);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            raw::set_len(&mut s, len);
        }
        s
    }
}

/// Something that can be used to compare against a character
pub trait CharEq {
    /// Determine if the splitter should split at the given character
    fn matches(&self, char) -> bool;
    /// Indicate if this is only concerned about ASCII characters,
    /// which can allow for a faster implementation.
    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool;
}
impl CharEq for char {
    #[inline]
    fn matches(&self, c: char) -> bool { *self == c }

    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool { (*self as uint) < 128 }
}
impl<'self> CharEq for &'self fn(char) -> bool {
    #[inline]
    fn matches(&self, c: char) -> bool { (*self)(c) }

    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool { false }
}
impl CharEq for extern "Rust" fn(char) -> bool {
    #[inline]
    fn matches(&self, c: char) -> bool { (*self)(c) }

    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool { false }
}

impl<'self, C: CharEq> CharEq for &'self [C] {
    #[inline]
    fn matches(&self, c: char) -> bool {
        self.iter().any_(|m| m.matches(c))
    }

    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool {
        self.iter().all(|m| m.only_ascii())
    }
}


/// An iterator over the substrings of a string, separated by `sep`.
pub struct StrCharSplitIterator<'self,Sep> {
    priv string: &'self str,
    priv position: uint,
    priv sep: Sep,
    /// The number of splits remaining
    priv count: uint,
    /// Whether an empty string at the end is allowed
    priv allow_trailing_empty: bool,
    priv finished: bool,
    priv only_ascii: bool
}

/// An iterator over the words of a string, separated by an sequence of whitespace
pub type WordIterator<'self> =
    FilterIterator<'self, &'self str,
             StrCharSplitIterator<'self, extern "Rust" fn(char) -> bool>>;

/// An iterator over the lines of a string, separated by either `\n` or (`\r\n`).
pub type AnyLineIterator<'self> =
    MapIterator<'self, &'self str, &'self str, StrCharSplitIterator<'self, char>>;

impl<'self, Sep: CharEq> Iterator<&'self str> for StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'self str> {
        if self.finished { return None }

        let l = self.string.len();
        let start = self.position;

        if self.only_ascii {
            // this gives a *huge* speed up for splitting on ASCII
            // characters (e.g. '\n' or ' ')
            while self.position < l && self.count > 0 {
                let byte = self.string[self.position];

                if self.sep.matches(byte as char) {
                    let slice = unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(self.string, start, self.position) };
                    self.position += 1;
                    self.count -= 1;
                    return Some(slice);
                }
                self.position += 1;
            }
        } else {
            while self.position < l && self.count > 0 {
                let CharRange {ch, next} = self.string.char_range_at(self.position);

                if self.sep.matches(ch) {
                    let slice = unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(self.string, start, self.position) };
                    self.position = next;
                    self.count -= 1;
                    return Some(slice);
                }
                self.position = next;
            }
        }
        self.finished = true;
        if self.allow_trailing_empty || start < l {
            Some(unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(self.string, start, l) })
        } else {
            None
        }
    }
}

/// An iterator over the start and end indicies of the matches of a
/// substring within a larger string
pub struct StrMatchesIndexIterator<'self> {
    priv haystack: &'self str,
    priv needle: &'self str,
    priv position: uint,
}

/// An iterator over the substrings of a string separated by a given
/// search string
pub struct StrStrSplitIterator<'self> {
    priv it: StrMatchesIndexIterator<'self>,
    priv last_end: uint,
    priv finished: bool
}

impl<'self> Iterator<(uint, uint)> for StrMatchesIndexIterator<'self> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(uint, uint)> {
        // See Issue #1932 for why this is a naive search
        let (h_len, n_len) = (self.haystack.len(), self.needle.len());
        let mut match_start = 0;
        let mut match_i = 0;

        while self.position < h_len {
            if self.haystack[self.position] == self.needle[match_i] {
                if match_i == 0 { match_start = self.position; }
                match_i += 1;
                self.position += 1;

                if match_i == n_len {
                    // found a match!
                    return Some((match_start, self.position));
                }
            } else {
                // failed match, backtrack
                if match_i > 0 {
                    match_i = 0;
                    self.position = match_start;
                }
                self.position += 1;
            }
        }
        None
    }
}

impl<'self> Iterator<&'self str> for StrStrSplitIterator<'self> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'self str> {
        if self.finished { return None; }

        match self.it.next() {
            Some((from, to)) => {
                let ret = Some(self.it.haystack.slice(self.last_end, from));
                self.last_end = to;
                ret
            }
            None => {
                self.finished = true;
                Some(self.it.haystack.slice(self.last_end, self.it.haystack.len()))
            }
        }
    }
}

/** Splits a string into substrings with possibly internal whitespace,
 *  each of them at most `lim` bytes long. The substrings have leading and trailing
 *  whitespace removed, and are only cut at whitespace boundaries.
 *
 *  #Failure:
 *
 *  Fails during iteration if the string contains a non-whitespace
 *  sequence longer than the limit.
 */
pub fn each_split_within<'a>(ss: &'a str,
                              lim: uint,
                              it: &fn(&'a str) -> bool) -> bool {
    // Just for fun, let's write this as an state machine:

    enum SplitWithinState {
        A,  // leading whitespace, initial state
        B,  // words
        C,  // internal and trailing whitespace
    }
    enum Whitespace {
        Ws, // current char is whitespace
        Cr  // current char is not whitespace
    }
    enum LengthLimit {
        UnderLim, // current char makes current substring still fit in limit
        OverLim   // current char makes current substring no longer fit in limit
    }

    let mut slice_start = 0;
    let mut last_start = 0;
    let mut last_end = 0;
    let mut state = A;
    let mut fake_i = ss.len();
    let mut lim = lim;

    let mut cont = true;
    let slice: &fn() = || { cont = it(ss.slice(slice_start, last_end)) };

    // if the limit is larger than the string, lower it to save cycles
    if (lim >= fake_i) {
        lim = fake_i;
    }

    let machine: &fn((uint, char)) -> bool = |(i, c)| {
        let whitespace = if char::is_whitespace(c)       { Ws }       else { Cr };
        let limit      = if (i - slice_start + 1) <= lim { UnderLim } else { OverLim };

        state = match (state, whitespace, limit) {
            (A, Ws, _)        => { A }
            (A, Cr, _)        => { slice_start = i; last_start = i; B }

            (B, Cr, UnderLim) => { B }
            (B, Cr, OverLim)  if (i - last_start + 1) > lim
                              => fail!("word starting with %? longer than limit!",
                                       ss.slice(last_start, i + 1)),
            (B, Cr, OverLim)  => { slice(); slice_start = last_start; B }
            (B, Ws, UnderLim) => { last_end = i; C }
            (B, Ws, OverLim)  => { last_end = i; slice(); A }

            (C, Cr, UnderLim) => { last_start = i; B }
            (C, Cr, OverLim)  => { slice(); slice_start = i; last_start = i; last_end = i; B }
            (C, Ws, OverLim)  => { slice(); A }
            (C, Ws, UnderLim) => { C }
        };

        cont
    };

    ss.iter().enumerate().advance(|x| machine(x));

    // Let the automaton 'run out' by supplying trailing whitespace
    while cont && match state { B | C => true, A => false } {
        machine((fake_i, ' '));
        fake_i += 1;
    }
    return cont;
}

/**
 * Replace all occurrences of one string with another
 *
 * # Arguments
 *
 * * s - The string containing substrings to replace
 * * from - The string to replace
 * * to - The replacement string
 *
 * # Return value
 *
 * The original string with all occurances of `from` replaced with `to`
 */
pub fn replace(s: &str, from: &str, to: &str) -> ~str {
    let mut result = ~"";
    let mut last_end = 0;
    for s.matches_index_iter(from).advance |(start, end)| {
        result.push_str(unsafe{raw::slice_bytes(s, last_end, start)});
        result.push_str(to);
        last_end = end;
    }
    result.push_str(unsafe{raw::slice_bytes(s, last_end, s.len())});
    result
}

/*
Section: Comparing strings
*/

/// Bytewise slice equality
#[cfg(not(test))]
#[lang="str_eq"]
#[inline]
pub fn eq_slice(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
    do as_buf(a) |ap, alen| {
        do as_buf(b) |bp, blen| {
            if (alen != blen) { false }
            else {
                unsafe {
                    libc::memcmp(ap as *libc::c_void,
                                 bp as *libc::c_void,
                                 (alen - 1) as libc::size_t) == 0
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
#[inline]
pub fn eq_slice(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
    do as_buf(a) |ap, alen| {
        do as_buf(b) |bp, blen| {
            if (alen != blen) { false }
            else {
                unsafe {
                    libc::memcmp(ap as *libc::c_void,
                                 bp as *libc::c_void,
                                 (alen - 1) as libc::size_t) == 0
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

/// Bytewise string equality
#[cfg(not(test))]
#[lang="uniq_str_eq"]
#[inline]
pub fn eq(a: &~str, b: &~str) -> bool {
    eq_slice(*a, *b)
}

#[cfg(test)]
#[inline]
pub fn eq(a: &~str, b: &~str) -> bool {
    eq_slice(*a, *b)
}

/*
Section: Searching
*/

// Utility used by various searching functions
fn match_at<'a,'b>(haystack: &'a str, needle: &'b str, at: uint) -> bool {
    let mut i = at;
    for needle.bytes_iter().advance |c| { if haystack[i] != c { return false; } i += 1u; }
    return true;
}

/*
Section: Misc
*/

/// Determines if a vector of bytes contains valid UTF-8
pub fn is_utf8(v: &[u8]) -> bool {
    let mut i = 0u;
    let total = v.len();
    while i < total {
        let mut chsize = utf8_char_width(v[i]);
        if chsize == 0u { return false; }
        if i + chsize > total { return false; }
        i += 1u;
        while chsize > 1u {
            if v[i] & 192u8 != tag_cont_u8 { return false; }
            i += 1u;
            chsize -= 1u;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

/// Determines if a vector of `u16` contains valid UTF-16
pub fn is_utf16(v: &[u16]) -> bool {
    let len = v.len();
    let mut i = 0u;
    while (i < len) {
        let u = v[i];

        if  u <= 0xD7FF_u16 || u >= 0xE000_u16 {
            i += 1u;

        } else {
            if i+1u < len { return false; }
            let u2 = v[i+1u];
            if u < 0xD7FF_u16 || u > 0xDBFF_u16 { return false; }
            if u2 < 0xDC00_u16 || u2 > 0xDFFF_u16 { return false; }
            i += 2u;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

/// Iterates over the utf-16 characters in the specified slice, yielding each
/// decoded unicode character to the function provided.
///
/// # Failures
///
/// * Fails on invalid utf-16 data
pub fn utf16_chars(v: &[u16], f: &fn(char)) {
    let len = v.len();
    let mut i = 0u;
    while (i < len && v[i] != 0u16) {
        let u = v[i];

        if  u <= 0xD7FF_u16 || u >= 0xE000_u16 {
            f(u as char);
            i += 1u;

        } else {
            let u2 = v[i+1u];
            assert!(u >= 0xD800_u16 && u <= 0xDBFF_u16);
            assert!(u2 >= 0xDC00_u16 && u2 <= 0xDFFF_u16);
            let mut c = (u - 0xD800_u16) as char;
            c = c << 10;
            c |= (u2 - 0xDC00_u16) as char;
            c |= 0x1_0000_u32 as char;
            f(c);
            i += 2u;
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Allocates a new string from the utf-16 slice provided
 */
pub fn from_utf16(v: &[u16]) -> ~str {
    let mut buf = ~"";
    buf.reserve(v.len());
    utf16_chars(v, |ch| buf.push_char(ch));
    buf
}

/**
 * Allocates a new string with the specified capacity. The string returned is
 * the empty string, but has capacity for much more.
 */
pub fn with_capacity(capacity: uint) -> ~str {
    let mut buf = ~"";
    buf.reserve(capacity);
    buf
}

/**
 * As char_len but for a slice of a string
 *
 * # Arguments
 *
 * * s - A valid string
 * * start - The position inside `s` where to start counting in bytes
 * * end - The position where to stop counting
 *
 * # Return value
 *
 * The number of Unicode characters in `s` between the given indices.
 */
pub fn count_chars(s: &str, start: uint, end: uint) -> uint {
    assert!(s.is_char_boundary(start));
    assert!(s.is_char_boundary(end));
    let mut i = start;
    let mut len = 0u;
    while i < end {
        let next = s.char_range_at(i).next;
        len += 1u;
        i = next;
    }
    return len;
}

/// Counts the number of bytes taken by the first `n` chars in `s`
/// starting from `start`.
pub fn count_bytes<'b>(s: &'b str, start: uint, n: uint) -> uint {
    assert!(s.is_char_boundary(start));
    let mut end = start;
    let mut cnt = n;
    let l = s.len();
    while cnt > 0u {
        assert!(end < l);
        let next = s.char_range_at(end).next;
        cnt -= 1u;
        end = next;
    }
    end - start
}

/// Given a first byte, determine how many bytes are in this UTF-8 character
pub fn utf8_char_width(b: u8) -> uint {
    let byte: uint = b as uint;
    if byte < 128u { return 1u; }
    // Not a valid start byte
    if byte < 192u { return 0u; }
    if byte < 224u { return 2u; }
    if byte < 240u { return 3u; }
    if byte < 248u { return 4u; }
    if byte < 252u { return 5u; }
    return 6u;
}

#[allow(missing_doc)]
pub struct CharRange {
    ch: char,
    next: uint
}

// UTF-8 tags and ranges
static tag_cont_u8: u8 = 128u8;
static tag_cont: uint = 128u;
static max_one_b: uint = 128u;
static tag_two_b: uint = 192u;
static max_two_b: uint = 2048u;
static tag_three_b: uint = 224u;
static max_three_b: uint = 65536u;
static tag_four_b: uint = 240u;
static max_four_b: uint = 2097152u;
static tag_five_b: uint = 248u;
static max_five_b: uint = 67108864u;
static tag_six_b: uint = 252u;

/**
 * A dummy trait to hold all the utility methods that we implement on strings.
 */
pub trait StrUtil {
    /**
     * Work with the byte buffer of a string as a null-terminated C string.
     *
     * Allows for unsafe manipulation of strings, which is useful for foreign
     * interop. This is similar to `str::as_buf`, but guarantees null-termination.
     * If the given slice is not already null-terminated, this function will
     * allocate a temporary, copy the slice, null terminate it, and pass
     * that instead.
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * let s = "PATH".as_c_str(|path| libc::getenv(path));
     * ~~~
     */
    fn as_c_str<T>(self, f: &fn(*libc::c_char) -> T) -> T;
}

impl<'self> StrUtil for &'self str {
    #[inline]
    fn as_c_str<T>(self, f: &fn(*libc::c_char) -> T) -> T {
        do as_buf(self) |buf, len| {
            // NB: len includes the trailing null.
            assert!(len > 0);
            if unsafe { *(ptr::offset(buf,len-1)) != 0 } {
                to_owned(self).as_c_str(|s| f(s))
            } else {
                f(buf as *libc::c_char)
            }
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Deprecated. Use the `as_c_str` method on strings instead.
 */
#[inline]
pub fn as_c_str<T>(s: &str, f: &fn(*libc::c_char) -> T) -> T {
    s.as_c_str(f)
}

/**
 * Work with the byte buffer and length of a slice.
 *
 * The given length is one byte longer than the 'official' indexable
 * length of the string. This is to permit probing the byte past the
 * indexable area for a null byte, as is the case in slices pointing
 * to full strings, or suffixes of them.
 */
#[inline]
pub fn as_buf<T>(s: &str, f: &fn(*u8, uint) -> T) -> T {
    unsafe {
        let v : *(*u8,uint) = transmute(&s);
        let (buf,len) = *v;
        f(buf, len)
    }
}

/// Unsafe operations
pub mod raw {
    use cast;
    use libc;
    use ptr;
    use str::raw;
    use str::{as_buf, is_utf8};
    use vec;

    /// Create a Rust string from a null-terminated *u8 buffer
    pub unsafe fn from_buf(buf: *u8) -> ~str {
        let mut curr = buf;
        let mut i = 0u;
        while *curr != 0u8 {
            i += 1u;
            curr = ptr::offset(buf, i);
        }
        return from_buf_len(buf, i);
    }

    /// Create a Rust string from a *u8 buffer of the given length
    pub unsafe fn from_buf_len(buf: *u8, len: uint) -> ~str {
        let mut v: ~[u8] = vec::with_capacity(len + 1);
        vec::as_mut_buf(v, |vbuf, _len| {
            ptr::copy_memory(vbuf, buf as *u8, len)
        });
        vec::raw::set_len(&mut v, len);
        v.push(0u8);

        assert!(is_utf8(v));
        return ::cast::transmute(v);
    }

    /// Create a Rust string from a null-terminated C string
    pub unsafe fn from_c_str(c_str: *libc::c_char) -> ~str {
        from_buf(::cast::transmute(c_str))
    }

    /// Create a Rust string from a `*c_char` buffer of the given length
    pub unsafe fn from_c_str_len(c_str: *libc::c_char, len: uint) -> ~str {
        from_buf_len(::cast::transmute(c_str), len)
    }

    /// Converts a vector of bytes to a new owned string.
    pub unsafe fn from_bytes(v: &[u8]) -> ~str {
        do vec::as_imm_buf(v) |buf, len| {
            from_buf_len(buf, len)
        }
    }

    /// Converts an owned vector of bytes to a new owned string. This assumes
    /// that the utf-8-ness of the vector has already been validated
    pub unsafe fn from_bytes_owned(mut v: ~[u8]) -> ~str {
        v.push(0u8);
        cast::transmute(v)
    }

    /// Converts a vector of bytes to a string.
    /// The byte slice needs to contain valid utf8 and needs to be one byte longer than
    /// the string, if possible ending in a 0 byte.
    pub unsafe fn from_bytes_with_null<'a>(v: &'a [u8]) -> &'a str {
        cast::transmute(v)
    }

    /// Converts a byte to a string.
    pub unsafe fn from_byte(u: u8) -> ~str { raw::from_bytes([u]) }

    /// Form a slice from a C string. Unsafe because the caller must ensure the
    /// C string has the static lifetime, or else the return value may be
    /// invalidated later.
    pub unsafe fn c_str_to_static_slice(s: *libc::c_char) -> &'static str {
        let s = s as *u8;
        let mut curr = s;
        let mut len = 0u;
        while *curr != 0u8 {
            len += 1u;
            curr = ptr::offset(s, len);
        }
        let v = (s, len + 1);
        assert!(is_utf8(::cast::transmute(v)));
        ::cast::transmute(v)
    }

    /**
     * Takes a bytewise (not UTF-8) slice from a string.
     *
     * Returns the substring from [`begin`..`end`).
     *
     * # Failure
     *
     * If begin is greater than end.
     * If end is greater than the length of the string.
     */
    pub unsafe fn slice_bytes_owned(s: &str, begin: uint, end: uint) -> ~str {
        do as_buf(s) |sbuf, n| {
            assert!((begin <= end));
            assert!((end <= n));

            let mut v = vec::with_capacity(end - begin + 1u);
            do vec::as_imm_buf(v) |vbuf, _vlen| {
                let vbuf = ::cast::transmute_mut_unsafe(vbuf);
                let src = ptr::offset(sbuf, begin);
                ptr::copy_memory(vbuf, src, end - begin);
            }
            vec::raw::set_len(&mut v, end - begin);
            v.push(0u8);
            ::cast::transmute(v)
        }
    }

    /**
     * Takes a bytewise (not UTF-8) slice from a string.
     *
     * Returns the substring from [`begin`..`end`).
     *
     * # Failure
     *
     * If begin is greater than end.
     * If end is greater than the length of the string.
     */
    #[inline]
    pub unsafe fn slice_bytes(s: &str, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &str {
        do as_buf(s) |sbuf, n| {
             assert!((begin <= end));
             assert!((end <= n));

             let tuple = (ptr::offset(sbuf, begin), end - begin + 1);
             ::cast::transmute(tuple)
        }
    }

    /// Appends a byte to a string. (Not UTF-8 safe).
    pub unsafe fn push_byte(s: &mut ~str, b: u8) {
        let new_len = s.len() + 1;
        s.reserve_at_least(new_len);
        do as_buf(*s) |buf, len| {
            let buf: *mut u8 = ::cast::transmute(buf);
            *ptr::mut_offset(buf, len) = b;
        }
        set_len(&mut *s, new_len);
    }

    /// Appends a vector of bytes to a string. (Not UTF-8 safe).
    unsafe fn push_bytes(s: &mut ~str, bytes: &[u8]) {
        let new_len = s.len() + bytes.len();
        s.reserve_at_least(new_len);
        for bytes.iter().advance |byte| { push_byte(&mut *s, *byte); }
    }

    /// Removes the last byte from a string and returns it. (Not UTF-8 safe).
    pub unsafe fn pop_byte(s: &mut ~str) -> u8 {
        let len = s.len();
        assert!((len > 0u));
        let b = s[len - 1u];
        set_len(s, len - 1u);
        return b;
    }

    /// Removes the first byte from a string and returns it. (Not UTF-8 safe).
    pub unsafe fn shift_byte(s: &mut ~str) -> u8 {
        let len = s.len();
        assert!((len > 0u));
        let b = s[0];
        *s = raw::slice_bytes_owned(*s, 1u, len);
        return b;
    }

    /// Sets the length of the string and adds the null terminator
    #[inline]
    pub unsafe fn set_len(v: &mut ~str, new_len: uint) {
        let v: **mut vec::raw::VecRepr = cast::transmute(v);
        let repr: *mut vec::raw::VecRepr = *v;
        (*repr).unboxed.fill = new_len + 1u;
        let null = ptr::mut_offset(cast::transmute(&((*repr).unboxed.data)),
                                   new_len);
        *null = 0u8;
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_from_buf_len() {
        unsafe {
            let a = ~[65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 0u8];
            let b = vec::raw::to_ptr(a);
            let c = from_buf_len(b, 3u);
            assert_eq!(c, ~"AAA");
        }
    }

}

#[cfg(not(test))]
pub mod traits {
    use ops::Add;
    use cmp::{TotalOrd, Ordering, Less, Equal, Greater, Eq, Ord, Equiv, TotalEq};
    use super::{Str, eq_slice};

    impl<'self> Add<&'self str,~str> for &'self str {
        #[inline]
        fn add(&self, rhs: & &'self str) -> ~str {
            let mut ret = self.to_owned();
            ret.push_str(*rhs);
            ret
        }
    }

    impl<'self> TotalOrd for &'self str {
        #[inline]
        fn cmp(&self, other: & &'self str) -> Ordering {
            for self.bytes_iter().zip(other.bytes_iter()).advance |(s_b, o_b)| {
                match s_b.cmp(&o_b) {
                    Greater => return Greater,
                    Less => return Less,
                    Equal => ()
                }
            }

            self.len().cmp(&other.len())
        }
    }

    impl TotalOrd for ~str {
        #[inline]
        fn cmp(&self, other: &~str) -> Ordering { self.as_slice().cmp(&other.as_slice()) }
    }

    impl TotalOrd for @str {
        #[inline]
        fn cmp(&self, other: &@str) -> Ordering { self.as_slice().cmp(&other.as_slice()) }
    }

    impl<'self> Eq for &'self str {
        #[inline]
        fn eq(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool {
            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
        }
        #[inline]
        fn ne(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool { !(*self).eq(other) }
    }

    impl Eq for ~str {
        #[inline]
        fn eq(&self, other: &~str) -> bool {
            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
        }
        #[inline]
        fn ne(&self, other: &~str) -> bool { !(*self).eq(other) }
    }

    impl Eq for @str {
        #[inline]
        fn eq(&self, other: &@str) -> bool {
            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
        }
        #[inline]
        fn ne(&self, other: &@str) -> bool { !(*self).eq(other) }
    }

    impl<'self> TotalEq for &'self str {
        #[inline]
        fn equals(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool {
            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
        }
    }

    impl TotalEq for ~str {
        #[inline]
        fn equals(&self, other: &~str) -> bool {
            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
        }
    }

    impl TotalEq for @str {
        #[inline]
        fn equals(&self, other: &@str) -> bool {
            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
        }
    }

    impl<'self> Ord for &'self str {
        #[inline]
        fn lt(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Less }
        #[inline]
        fn le(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) != Greater }
        #[inline]
        fn ge(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) != Less }
        #[inline]
        fn gt(&self, other: & &'self str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Greater }
    }

    impl Ord for ~str {
        #[inline]
        fn lt(&self, other: &~str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Less }
        #[inline]
        fn le(&self, other: &~str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) != Greater }
        #[inline]
        fn ge(&self, other: &~str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) != Less }
        #[inline]
        fn gt(&self, other: &~str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Greater }
    }

    impl Ord for @str {
        #[inline]
        fn lt(&self, other: &@str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Less }
        #[inline]
        fn le(&self, other: &@str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) != Greater }
        #[inline]
        fn ge(&self, other: &@str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) != Less }
        #[inline]
        fn gt(&self, other: &@str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Greater }
    }

    impl<'self, S: Str> Equiv<S> for &'self str {
        #[inline]
        fn equiv(&self, other: &S) -> bool { eq_slice(*self, other.as_slice()) }
    }

    impl<'self, S: Str> Equiv<S> for @str {
        #[inline]
        fn equiv(&self, other: &S) -> bool { eq_slice(*self, other.as_slice()) }
    }

    impl<'self, S: Str> Equiv<S> for ~str {
        #[inline]
        fn equiv(&self, other: &S) -> bool { eq_slice(*self, other.as_slice()) }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
pub mod traits {}

/// Any string that can be represented as a slice
pub trait Str {
    /// Work with `self` as a slice.
    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str;
}

impl<'self> Str for &'self str {
    #[inline]
    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str { *self }
}
impl<'self> Str for ~str {
    #[inline]
    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
        let s: &'a str = *self; s
    }
}
impl<'self> Str for @str {
    #[inline]
    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
        let s: &'a str = *self; s
    }
}

impl<'self> Container for &'self str {
    #[inline]
    fn len(&self) -> uint {
        do as_buf(*self) |_p, n| { n - 1u }
    }
    #[inline]
    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
        self.len() == 0
    }
}

#[allow(missing_doc)]
pub trait StrSlice<'self> {
    fn contains<'a>(&self, needle: &'a str) -> bool;
    fn contains_char(&self, needle: char) -> bool;
    fn iter(&self) -> StrCharIterator<'self>;
    fn rev_iter(&self) -> StrCharRevIterator<'self>;
    fn bytes_iter(&self) -> StrBytesIterator<'self>;
    fn bytes_rev_iter(&self) -> StrBytesRevIterator<'self>;
    fn split_iter<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep>;
    fn splitn_iter<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint) -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep>;
    fn split_options_iter<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint, allow_trailing_empty: bool)
        -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep>;
    fn matches_index_iter(&self, sep: &'self str) -> StrMatchesIndexIterator<'self>;
    fn split_str_iter(&self, &'self str) -> StrStrSplitIterator<'self>;
    fn line_iter(&self) -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, char>;
    fn any_line_iter(&self) -> AnyLineIterator<'self>;
    fn word_iter(&self) -> WordIterator<'self>;
    fn ends_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool;
    fn is_whitespace(&self) -> bool;
    fn is_alphanumeric(&self) -> bool;
    fn char_len(&self) -> uint;

    fn slice(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'self str;
    fn slice_from(&self, begin: uint) -> &'self str;
    fn slice_to(&self, end: uint) -> &'self str;

    fn slice_chars(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'self str;

    fn starts_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool;
    fn escape_default(&self) -> ~str;
    fn escape_unicode(&self) -> ~str;
    fn trim(&self) -> &'self str;
    fn trim_left(&self) -> &'self str;
    fn trim_right(&self) -> &'self str;
    fn trim_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: &C) -> &'self str;
    fn trim_left_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: &C) -> &'self str;
    fn trim_right_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: &C) -> &'self str;
    fn replace(&self, from: &str, to: &str) -> ~str;
    fn to_owned(&self) -> ~str;
    fn to_managed(&self) -> @str;
    fn to_utf16(&self) -> ~[u16];
    fn is_char_boundary(&self, index: uint) -> bool;
    fn char_range_at(&self, start: uint) -> CharRange;
    fn char_at(&self, i: uint) -> char;
    fn char_range_at_reverse(&self, start: uint) -> CharRange;
    fn char_at_reverse(&self, i: uint) -> char;
    fn as_bytes(&self) -> &'self [u8];

    fn find<C: CharEq>(&self, search: C) -> Option<uint>;
    fn rfind<C: CharEq>(&self, search: C) -> Option<uint>;
    fn find_str(&self, &str) -> Option<uint>;

    fn repeat(&self, nn: uint) -> ~str;

    fn slice_shift_char(&self) -> (char, &'self str);

    fn map_chars(&self, ff: &fn(char) -> char) -> ~str;

    fn lev_distance(&self, t: &str) -> uint;

    fn subslice_offset(&self, inner: &str) -> uint;
}

/// Extension methods for strings
impl<'self> StrSlice<'self> for &'self str {
    /**
     * Returns true if one string contains another
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * needle - The string to look for
     */
    #[inline]
    fn contains<'a>(&self, needle: &'a str) -> bool {
        self.find_str(needle).is_some()
    }
    /**
     * Returns true if a string contains a char.
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * needle - The char to look for
     */
    #[inline]
    fn contains_char(&self, needle: char) -> bool {
        self.find(needle).is_some()
    }
    /// An iterator over the characters of `self`. Note, this iterates
    /// over unicode code-points, not unicode graphemes.
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// ~~~ {.rust}
    /// let v: ~[char] = "abc åäö".iter().collect();
    /// assert_eq!(v, ~['a', 'b', 'c', ' ', 'å', 'ä', 'ö']);
    /// ~~~
    #[inline]
    fn iter(&self) -> StrCharIterator<'self> {
        StrCharIterator {
            index: 0,
            string: *self
        }
    }
    /// An iterator over the characters of `self`, in reverse order.
    #[inline]
    fn rev_iter(&self) -> StrCharRevIterator<'self> {
        StrCharRevIterator {
            index: self.len(),
            string: *self
        }
    }

    /// An iterator over the bytes of `self`
    #[inline]
    fn bytes_iter(&self) -> StrBytesIterator<'self> {
        StrBytesIterator { it: self.as_bytes().iter() }
    }
    /// An iterator over the bytes of `self`, in reverse order
    #[inline]
    fn bytes_rev_iter(&self) -> StrBytesRevIterator<'self> {
        StrBytesRevIterator { it: self.as_bytes().rev_iter() }
    }

    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
    /// matched by `sep`.
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// ~~~ {.rust}
    /// let v: ~[&str] = "Mary had a little lamb".split_iter(' ').collect();
    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
    ///
    /// let v: ~[&str] = "abc1def2ghi".split_iter(|c: char| c.is_digit()).collect();
    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["abc", "def", "ghi"]);
    /// ~~~
    #[inline]
    fn split_iter<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep> {
        self.split_options_iter(sep, self.len(), true)
    }

    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
    /// matched by `sep`, restricted to splitting at most `count`
    /// times.
    #[inline]
    fn splitn_iter<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint) -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep> {
        self.split_options_iter(sep, count, true)
    }

    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
    /// matched by `sep`, splitting at most `count` times, and
    /// possibly not including the trailing empty substring, if it
    /// exists.
    #[inline]
    fn split_options_iter<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint, allow_trailing_empty: bool)
        -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, Sep> {
        let only_ascii = sep.only_ascii();
        StrCharSplitIterator {
            string: *self,
            position: 0,
            sep: sep,
            count: count,
            allow_trailing_empty: allow_trailing_empty,
            finished: false,
            only_ascii: only_ascii
        }
    }
    /// An iterator over the start and end indices of each match of
    /// `sep` within `self`.
    #[inline]
    fn matches_index_iter(&self, sep: &'self str) -> StrMatchesIndexIterator<'self> {
        assert!(!sep.is_empty())
        StrMatchesIndexIterator {
            haystack: *self,
            needle: sep,
            position: 0
        }
    }
    /**
     * An iterator over the substrings of `self` separated by `sep`.
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * let v: ~[&str] = "abcXXXabcYYYabc".split_str_iter("abc").collect()
     * assert_eq!(v, ["", "XXX", "YYY", ""]);
     * ~~~
     */
    #[inline]
    fn split_str_iter(&self, sep: &'self str) -> StrStrSplitIterator<'self> {
        StrStrSplitIterator {
            it: self.matches_index_iter(sep),
            last_end: 0,
            finished: false
        }
    }

    /// An iterator over the lines of a string (subsequences separated
    /// by `\n`).
    #[inline]
    fn line_iter(&self) -> StrCharSplitIterator<'self, char> {
        self.split_options_iter('\n', self.len(), false)
    }

    /// An iterator over the lines of a string, separated by either
    /// `\n` or (`\r\n`).
    fn any_line_iter(&self) -> AnyLineIterator<'self> {
        do self.line_iter().transform |line| {
            let l = line.len();
            if l > 0 && line[l - 1] == '\r' as u8 { line.slice(0, l - 1) }
            else { line }
        }
    }

    /// An iterator over the words of a string (subsequences separated
    /// by any sequence of whitespace).
    #[inline]
    fn word_iter(&self) -> WordIterator<'self> {
        self.split_iter(char::is_whitespace).filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the string contains only whitespace
     *
     * Whitespace characters are determined by `char::is_whitespace`
     */
    #[inline]
    fn is_whitespace(&self) -> bool { self.iter().all(char::is_whitespace) }
    /**
     * Returns true if the string contains only alphanumerics
     *
     * Alphanumeric characters are determined by `char::is_alphanumeric`
     */
    #[inline]
    fn is_alphanumeric(&self) -> bool { self.iter().all(char::is_alphanumeric) }
    /// Returns the number of characters that a string holds
    #[inline]
    fn char_len(&self) -> uint { self.iter().len_() }

    /**
     * Returns a slice of the given string from the byte range
     * [`begin`..`end`)
     *
     * Fails when `begin` and `end` do not point to valid characters or
     * beyond the last character of the string
     */
    #[inline]
    fn slice(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'self str {
        assert!(self.is_char_boundary(begin));
        assert!(self.is_char_boundary(end));
        unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, begin, end) }
    }
    /// Returns a slice of the string from `begin` to its end.
    ///
    /// Fails when `begin` does not point to a valid character, or is
    /// out of bounds.
    #[inline]
    fn slice_from(&self, begin: uint) -> &'self str {
        self.slice(begin, self.len())
    }
    /// Returns a slice of the string from the beginning to byte
    /// `end`.
    ///
    /// Fails when `end` does not point to a valid character, or is
    /// out of bounds.
    #[inline]
    fn slice_to(&self, end: uint) -> &'self str {
        self.slice(0, end)
    }

    /// Returns a slice of the string from the char range
    /// [`begin`..`end`).
    ///
    /// Fails if `begin` > `end` or the either `begin` or `end` are
    /// beyond the last character of the string.
    fn slice_chars(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'self str {
        assert!(begin <= end);
        // not sure how to use the iterators for this nicely.
        let mut position = 0;
        let mut count = 0;
        let l = self.len();
        while count < begin && position < l {
            position = self.char_range_at(position).next;
            count += 1;
        }
        if count < begin { fail!("Attempted to begin slice_chars beyond end of string") }
        let start_byte = position;
        while count < end && position < l {
            position = self.char_range_at(position).next;
            count += 1;
        }
        if count < end { fail!("Attempted to end slice_chars beyond end of string") }

        self.slice(start_byte, position)
    }

    /// Returns true if `needle` is a prefix of the string.
    fn starts_with<'a>(&self, needle: &'a str) -> bool {
        let (self_len, needle_len) = (self.len(), needle.len());
        if needle_len == 0u { true }
        else if needle_len > self_len { false }
        else { match_at(*self, needle, 0u) }
    }
    /// Returns true if `needle` is a suffix of the string.
    fn ends_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool {
        let (self_len, needle_len) = (self.len(), needle.len());
        if needle_len == 0u { true }
        else if needle_len > self_len { false }
        else { match_at(*self, needle, self_len - needle_len) }
    }

    /// Escape each char in `s` with char::escape_default.
    fn escape_default(&self) -> ~str {
        let mut out: ~str = ~"";
        out.reserve_at_least(self.len());
        for self.iter().advance |c| {
            do c.escape_default |c| {
                out.push_char(c);
            }
        }
        out
    }

    /// Escape each char in `s` with char::escape_unicode.
    fn escape_unicode(&self) -> ~str {
        let mut out: ~str = ~"";
        out.reserve_at_least(self.len());
        for self.iter().advance |c| {
            do c.escape_unicode |c| {
                out.push_char(c);
            }
        }
        out
    }

    /// Returns a string with leading and trailing whitespace removed
    #[inline]
    fn trim(&self) -> &'self str {
        self.trim_left().trim_right()
    }
    /// Returns a string with leading whitespace removed
    #[inline]
    fn trim_left(&self) -> &'self str {
        self.trim_left_chars(&char::is_whitespace)
    }
    /// Returns a string with trailing whitespace removed
    #[inline]
    fn trim_right(&self) -> &'self str {
        self.trim_right_chars(&char::is_whitespace)
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string with characters that match `to_trim` removed.
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * to_trim - a character matcher
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * assert_eq!("11foo1bar11".trim_chars(&'1'), "foo1bar")
     * assert_eq!("12foo1bar12".trim_chars(& &['1', '2']), "foo1bar")
     * assert_eq!("123foo1bar123".trim_chars(&|c: char| c.is_digit()), "foo1bar")
     * ~~~
     */
    #[inline]
    fn trim_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: &C) -> &'self str {
        self.trim_left_chars(to_trim).trim_right_chars(to_trim)
    }
    /**
     * Returns a string with leading `chars_to_trim` removed.
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * to_trim - a character matcher
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * assert_eq!("11foo1bar11".trim_left_chars(&'1'), "foo1bar11")
     * assert_eq!("12foo1bar12".trim_left_chars(& &['1', '2']), "foo1bar12")
     * assert_eq!("123foo1bar123".trim_left_chars(&|c: char| c.is_digit()), "foo1bar123")
     * ~~~
     */
    #[inline]
    fn trim_left_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: &C) -> &'self str {
        match self.find(|c: char| !to_trim.matches(c)) {
            None => "",
            Some(first) => unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, first, self.len()) }
        }
    }
    /**
     * Returns a string with trailing `chars_to_trim` removed.
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * to_trim - a character matcher
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * assert_eq!("11foo1bar11".trim_right_chars(&'1'), "11foo1bar")
     * assert_eq!("12foo1bar12".trim_right_chars(& &['1', '2']), "12foo1bar")
     * assert_eq!("123foo1bar123".trim_right_chars(&|c: char| c.is_digit()), "123foo1bar")
     * ~~~
     */
    #[inline]
    fn trim_right_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: &C) -> &'self str {
        match self.rfind(|c: char| !to_trim.matches(c)) {
            None => "",
            Some(last) => {
                let next = self.char_range_at(last).next;
                unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, 0u, next) }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Replace all occurrences of one string with another
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * from - The string to replace
     * * to - The replacement string
     *
     * # Return value
     *
     * The original string with all occurances of `from` replaced with `to`
     */
    pub fn replace(&self, from: &str, to: &str) -> ~str {
        let mut result = ~"";
        let mut last_end = 0;
        for self.matches_index_iter(from).advance |(start, end)| {
            result.push_str(unsafe{raw::slice_bytes(*self, last_end, start)});
            result.push_str(to);
            last_end = end;
        }
        result.push_str(unsafe{raw::slice_bytes(*self, last_end, self.len())});
        result
    }

    /// Copy a slice into a new unique str
    #[inline]
    fn to_owned(&self) -> ~str { to_owned(*self) }

    #[inline]
    fn to_managed(&self) -> @str {
        let v = at_vec::from_fn(self.len() + 1, |i| {
            if i == self.len() { 0 } else { self[i] }
        });
        unsafe { ::cast::transmute(v) }
    }

    /// Converts to a vector of `u16` encoded as UTF-16.
    fn to_utf16(&self) -> ~[u16] {
        let mut u = ~[];
        for self.iter().advance |ch| {
            // Arithmetic with u32 literals is easier on the eyes than chars.
            let mut ch = ch as u32;

            if (ch & 0xFFFF_u32) == ch {
                // The BMP falls through (assuming non-surrogate, as it
                // should)
                assert!(ch <= 0xD7FF_u32 || ch >= 0xE000_u32);
                u.push(ch as u16)
            } else {
                // Supplementary planes break into surrogates.
                assert!(ch >= 0x1_0000_u32 && ch <= 0x10_FFFF_u32);
                ch -= 0x1_0000_u32;
                let w1 = 0xD800_u16 | ((ch >> 10) as u16);
                let w2 = 0xDC00_u16 | ((ch as u16) & 0x3FF_u16);
                u.push_all([w1, w2])
            }
        }
        u
    }

    /**
     * Returns false if the index points into the middle of a multi-byte
     * character sequence.
     */
    fn is_char_boundary(&self, index: uint) -> bool {
        if index == self.len() { return true; }
        let b = self[index];
        return b < 128u8 || b >= 192u8;
    }

    /**
     * Pluck a character out of a string and return the index of the next
     * character.
     *
     * This function can be used to iterate over the unicode characters of a
     * string.
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * let s = "中华Việt Nam";
     * let i = 0u;
     * while i < s.len() {
     *     let CharRange {ch, next} = s.char_range_at(i);
     *     std::io::println(fmt!("%u: %c",i,ch));
     *     i = next;
     * }
     * ~~~
     *
     * # Example output
     *
     * ~~~
     * 0: 中
     * 3: 华
     * 6: V
     * 7: i
     * 8: ệ
     * 11: t
     * 12:
     * 13: N
     * 14: a
     * 15: m
     * ~~~
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * s - The string
     * * i - The byte offset of the char to extract
     *
     * # Return value
     *
     * A record {ch: char, next: uint} containing the char value and the byte
     * index of the next unicode character.
     *
     * # Failure
     *
     * If `i` is greater than or equal to the length of the string.
     * If `i` is not the index of the beginning of a valid UTF-8 character.
     */
    fn char_range_at(&self, i: uint) -> CharRange {
        let b0 = self[i];
        let w = utf8_char_width(b0);
        assert!((w != 0u));
        if w == 1u { return CharRange {ch: b0 as char, next: i + 1u}; }
        let mut val = 0u;
        let end = i + w;
        let mut i = i + 1u;
        while i < end {
            let byte = self[i];
            assert_eq!(byte & 192u8, tag_cont_u8);
            val <<= 6u;
            val += (byte & 63u8) as uint;
            i += 1u;
        }
        // Clunky way to get the right bits from the first byte. Uses two shifts,
        // the first to clip off the marker bits at the left of the byte, and then
        // a second (as uint) to get it to the right position.
        val += ((b0 << ((w + 1u) as u8)) as uint) << ((w - 1u) * 6u - w - 1u);
        return CharRange {ch: val as char, next: i};
    }

    /// Plucks the character starting at the `i`th byte of a string
    #[inline]
    fn char_at(&self, i: uint) -> char { self.char_range_at(i).ch }

    /**
     * Given a byte position and a str, return the previous char and its position.
     *
     * This function can be used to iterate over a unicode string in reverse.
     *
     * Returns 0 for next index if called on start index 0.
     */
    fn char_range_at_reverse(&self, start: uint) -> CharRange {
        let mut prev = start;

        // while there is a previous byte == 10......
        while prev > 0u && self[prev - 1u] & 192u8 == tag_cont_u8 {
            prev -= 1u;
        }

        // now refer to the initial byte of previous char
        if prev > 0u {
            prev -= 1u;
        } else {
            prev = 0u;
        }


        let ch = self.char_at(prev);
        return CharRange {ch:ch, next:prev};
    }

    /// Plucks the character ending at the `i`th byte of a string
    #[inline]
    fn char_at_reverse(&self, i: uint) -> char {
        self.char_range_at_reverse(i).ch
    }

    /**
     * Work with the byte buffer of a string as a byte slice.
     *
     * The byte slice does not include the null terminator.
     */
    fn as_bytes(&self) -> &'self [u8] {
        unsafe {
            let (ptr, len): (*u8, uint) = ::cast::transmute(*self);
            let outgoing_tuple: (*u8, uint) = (ptr, len - 1);
            ::cast::transmute(outgoing_tuple)
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the byte index of the first character of `self` that matches `search`
     *
     * # Return value
     *
     * `Some` containing the byte index of the last matching character
     * or `None` if there is no match
     */
    fn find<C: CharEq>(&self, search: C) -> Option<uint> {
        if search.only_ascii() {
            for self.bytes_iter().enumerate().advance |(i, b)| {
                if search.matches(b as char) { return Some(i) }
            }
        } else {
            let mut index = 0;
            for self.iter().advance |c| {
                if search.matches(c) { return Some(index); }
                index += c.len_utf8_bytes();
            }
        }

        None
    }
    /**
     * Returns the byte index of the last character of `self` that matches `search`
     *
     * # Return value
     *
     * `Some` containing the byte index of the last matching character
     * or `None` if there is no match
     */
    fn rfind<C: CharEq>(&self, search: C) -> Option<uint> {
        let mut index = self.len();
        if search.only_ascii() {
            for self.bytes_rev_iter().advance |b| {
                index -= 1;
                if search.matches(b as char) { return Some(index); }
            }
        } else {
            for self.rev_iter().advance |c| {
                index -= c.len_utf8_bytes();
                if search.matches(c) { return Some(index); }
            }
        }

        None
    }

    /**
     * Returns the byte index of the first matching substring
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * `needle` - The string to search for
     *
     * # Return value
     *
     * `Some` containing the byte index of the first matching substring
     * or `None` if there is no match
     */
    fn find_str(&self, needle: &str) -> Option<uint> {
        if needle.is_empty() {
            Some(0)
        } else {
            self.matches_index_iter(needle)
                .next()
                .map_consume(|(start, _end)| start)
        }
    }

    /// Given a string, make a new string with repeated copies of it.
    fn repeat(&self, nn: uint) -> ~str {
        do as_buf(*self) |buf, len| {
            let mut ret = ~"";
            // ignore the NULL terminator
            let len = len - 1;
            ret.reserve(nn * len);

            unsafe {
                do as_buf(ret) |rbuf, _len| {
                    let mut rbuf = ::cast::transmute_mut_unsafe(rbuf);

                    for nn.times {
                        ptr::copy_memory(rbuf, buf, len);
                        rbuf = rbuf.offset(len);
                    }
                }
                raw::set_len(&mut ret, nn * len);
            }
            ret
        }
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the first character from a string slice and returns
     * it. This does not allocate a new string; instead, it returns a
     * slice that point one character beyond the character that was
     * shifted.
     *
     * # Failure
     *
     * If the string does not contain any characters
     */
    #[inline]
    fn slice_shift_char(&self) -> (char, &'self str) {
        let CharRange {ch, next} = self.char_range_at(0u);
        let next_s = unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, next, self.len()) };
        return (ch, next_s);
    }


    /// Apply a function to each character.
    fn map_chars(&self, ff: &fn(char) -> char) -> ~str {
        let mut result = with_capacity(self.len());
        for self.iter().advance |cc| {
            result.push_char(ff(cc));
        }
        result
    }

    /// Levenshtein Distance between two strings.
    fn lev_distance(&self, t: &str) -> uint {
        let slen = self.len();
        let tlen = t.len();

        if slen == 0 { return tlen; }
        if tlen == 0 { return slen; }

        let mut dcol = vec::from_fn(tlen + 1, |x| x);

        for self.iter().enumerate().advance |(i, sc)| {

            let mut current = i;
            dcol[0] = current + 1;

            for t.iter().enumerate().advance |(j, tc)| {

                let next = dcol[j + 1];

                if sc == tc {
                    dcol[j + 1] = current;
                } else {
                    dcol[j + 1] = ::cmp::min(current, next);
                    dcol[j + 1] = ::cmp::min(dcol[j + 1], dcol[j]) + 1;
                }

                current = next;
            }
        }

        return dcol[tlen];
    }


    /**
     * Returns the byte offset of an inner slice relative to an enclosing outer slice.
     *
     * Fails if `inner` is not a direct slice contained within self.
     *
     * # Example
     *
     * ~~~ {.rust}
     * let string = "a\nb\nc";
     * let mut lines = ~[];
     * for string.line_iter().advance |line| { lines.push(line) }
     *
     * assert!(string.subslice_offset(lines[0]) == 0); // &"a"
     * assert!(string.subslice_offset(lines[1]) == 2); // &"b"
     * assert!(string.subslice_offset(lines[2]) == 4); // &"c"
     * ~~~
     */
    #[inline]
    fn subslice_offset(&self, inner: &str) -> uint {
        do as_buf(*self) |a, a_len| {
            do as_buf(inner) |b, b_len| {
                let a_start: uint;
                let a_end: uint;
                let b_start: uint;
                let b_end: uint;
                unsafe {
                    a_start = cast::transmute(a); a_end = a_len + cast::transmute(a);
                    b_start = cast::transmute(b); b_end = b_len + cast::transmute(b);
                }
                assert!(a_start <= b_start);
                assert!(b_end <= a_end);
                b_start - a_start
            }
        }
    }

}

#[allow(missing_doc)]
pub trait NullTerminatedStr {
    fn as_bytes_with_null<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8];
}

impl NullTerminatedStr for ~str {
    /**
     * Work with the byte buffer of a string as a byte slice.
     *
     * The byte slice does include the null terminator.
     */
    #[inline]
    fn as_bytes_with_null<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8] {
        let ptr: &'a ~[u8] = unsafe { ::cast::transmute(self) };
        let slice: &'a [u8] = *ptr;
        slice
    }
}
impl NullTerminatedStr for @str {
    /**
     * Work with the byte buffer of a string as a byte slice.
     *
     * The byte slice does include the null terminator.
     */
    #[inline]
    fn as_bytes_with_null<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8] {
        let ptr: &'a ~[u8] = unsafe { ::cast::transmute(self) };
        let slice: &'a [u8] = *ptr;
        slice
    }
}

#[allow(missing_doc)]
pub trait OwnedStr {
    fn push_str_no_overallocate(&mut self, rhs: &str);
    fn push_str(&mut self, rhs: &str);
    fn push_char(&mut self, c: char);
    fn pop_char(&mut self) -> char;
    fn shift_char(&mut self) -> char;
    fn unshift_char(&mut self, ch: char);
    fn append(&self, rhs: &str) -> ~str; // FIXME #4850: this should consume self.
    fn reserve(&mut self, n: uint);
    fn reserve_at_least(&mut self, n: uint);
    fn capacity(&self) -> uint;

    fn as_bytes_with_null_consume(self) -> ~[u8];
}

impl OwnedStr for ~str {
    /// Appends a string slice to the back of a string, without overallocating
    #[inline]
    fn push_str_no_overallocate(&mut self, rhs: &str) {
        unsafe {
            let llen = self.len();
            let rlen = rhs.len();
            self.reserve(llen + rlen);
            do as_buf(*self) |lbuf, _llen| {
                do as_buf(rhs) |rbuf, _rlen| {
                    let dst = ptr::offset(lbuf, llen);
                    let dst = ::cast::transmute_mut_unsafe(dst);
                    ptr::copy_memory(dst, rbuf, rlen);
                }
            }
            raw::set_len(self, llen + rlen);
        }
    }

    /// Appends a string slice to the back of a string
    #[inline]
    fn push_str(&mut self, rhs: &str) {
        unsafe {
            let llen = self.len();
            let rlen = rhs.len();
            self.reserve_at_least(llen + rlen);
            do as_buf(*self) |lbuf, _llen| {
                do as_buf(rhs) |rbuf, _rlen| {
                    let dst = ptr::offset(lbuf, llen);
                    let dst = ::cast::transmute_mut_unsafe(dst);
                    ptr::copy_memory(dst, rbuf, rlen);
                }
            }
            raw::set_len(self, llen + rlen);
        }
    }
    /// Appends a character to the back of a string
    #[inline]
    fn push_char(&mut self, c: char) {
        unsafe {
            let code = c as uint;
            let nb = if code < max_one_b { 1u }
            else if code < max_two_b { 2u }
            else if code < max_three_b { 3u }
            else if code < max_four_b { 4u }
            else if code < max_five_b { 5u }
            else { 6u };
            let len = self.len();
            let new_len = len + nb;
            self.reserve_at_least(new_len);
            let off = len;
            do as_buf(*self) |buf, _len| {
                let buf: *mut u8 = ::cast::transmute(buf);
                match nb {
                    1u => {
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off) = code as u8;
                    }
                    2u => {
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off) = (code >> 6u & 31u | tag_two_b) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 1u) = (code & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                    }
                    3u => {
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off) = (code >> 12u & 15u | tag_three_b) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 1u) = (code >> 6u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 2u) = (code & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                    }
                    4u => {
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off) = (code >> 18u & 7u | tag_four_b) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 1u) = (code >> 12u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 2u) = (code >> 6u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 3u) = (code & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                    }
                    5u => {
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off) = (code >> 24u & 3u | tag_five_b) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 1u) = (code >> 18u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 2u) = (code >> 12u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 3u) = (code >> 6u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 4u) = (code & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                    }
                    6u => {
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off) = (code >> 30u & 1u | tag_six_b) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 1u) = (code >> 24u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 2u) = (code >> 18u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 3u) = (code >> 12u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 4u) = (code >> 6u & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                        *ptr::mut_offset(buf, off + 5u) = (code & 63u | tag_cont) as u8;
                    }
                    _ => {}
                }
            }
            raw::set_len(self, new_len);
        }
    }
    /**
     * Remove the final character from a string and return it
     *
     * # Failure
     *
     * If the string does not contain any characters
     */
    fn pop_char(&mut self) -> char {
        let end = self.len();
        assert!(end > 0u);
        let CharRange {ch, next} = self.char_range_at_reverse(end);
        unsafe { raw::set_len(self, next); }
        return ch;
    }

    /**
     * Remove the first character from a string and return it
     *
     * # Failure
     *
     * If the string does not contain any characters
     */
    fn shift_char(&mut self) -> char {
        let CharRange {ch, next} = self.char_range_at(0u);
        *self = unsafe { raw::slice_bytes_owned(*self, next, self.len()) };
        return ch;
    }

    /// Prepend a char to a string
    fn unshift_char(&mut self, ch: char) {
        // This could be more efficient.
        let mut new_str = ~"";
        new_str.push_char(ch);
        new_str.push_str(*self);
        *self = new_str;
    }

    /// Concatenate two strings together.
    #[inline]
    fn append(&self, rhs: &str) -> ~str {
        // FIXME #4850: this should consume self, but that causes segfaults
        let mut v = self.clone();
        v.push_str_no_overallocate(rhs);
        v
    }

    /**
     * Reserves capacity for exactly `n` bytes in the given string, not including
     * the null terminator.
     *
     * Assuming single-byte characters, the resulting string will be large
     * enough to hold a string of length `n`. To account for the null terminator,
     * the underlying buffer will have the size `n` + 1.
     *
     * If the capacity for `s` is already equal to or greater than the requested
     * capacity, then no action is taken.
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * s - A string
     * * n - The number of bytes to reserve space for
     */
    #[inline]
    pub fn reserve(&mut self, n: uint) {
        unsafe {
            let v: *mut ~[u8] = cast::transmute(self);
            (*v).reserve(n + 1);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reserves capacity for at least `n` bytes in the given string, not including
     * the null terminator.
     *
     * Assuming single-byte characters, the resulting string will be large
     * enough to hold a string of length `n`. To account for the null terminator,
     * the underlying buffer will have the size `n` + 1.
     *
     * This function will over-allocate in order to amortize the allocation costs
     * in scenarios where the caller may need to repeatedly reserve additional
     * space.
     *
     * If the capacity for `s` is already equal to or greater than the requested
     * capacity, then no action is taken.
     *
     * # Arguments
     *
     * * s - A string
     * * n - The number of bytes to reserve space for
     */
    #[inline]
    fn reserve_at_least(&mut self, n: uint) {
        self.reserve(uint::next_power_of_two(n + 1u) - 1u)
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of single-byte characters the string can hold without
     * reallocating
     */
    fn capacity(&self) -> uint {
        let buf: &~[u8] = unsafe { cast::transmute(self) };
        let vcap = buf.capacity();
        assert!(vcap > 0u);
        vcap - 1u
    }

    /// Convert to a vector of bytes. This does not allocate a new
    /// string, and includes the null terminator.
    #[inline]
    fn as_bytes_with_null_consume(self) -> ~[u8] {
        unsafe { ::cast::transmute(self) }
    }
}

impl Clone for ~str {
    #[inline]
    fn clone(&self) -> ~str {
        to_owned(*self)
    }
}

/// External iterator for a string's characters. Use with the `std::iterator`
/// module.
pub struct StrCharIterator<'self> {
    priv index: uint,
    priv string: &'self str,
}

impl<'self> Iterator<char> for StrCharIterator<'self> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
        if self.index < self.string.len() {
            let CharRange {ch, next} = self.string.char_range_at(self.index);
            self.index = next;
            Some(ch)
        } else {
            None
        }
    }
}
/// External iterator for a string's characters in reverse order. Use
/// with the `std::iterator` module.
pub struct StrCharRevIterator<'self> {
    priv index: uint,
    priv string: &'self str,
}

impl<'self> Iterator<char> for StrCharRevIterator<'self> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
        if self.index > 0 {
            let CharRange {ch, next} = self.string.char_range_at_reverse(self.index);
            self.index = next;
            Some(ch)
        } else {
            None
        }
    }
}

/// External iterator for a string's bytes. Use with the `std::iterator`
/// module.
pub struct StrBytesIterator<'self> {
    priv it: vec::VecIterator<'self, u8>
}

impl<'self> Iterator<u8> for StrBytesIterator<'self> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
        self.it.next().map_consume(|&x| x)
    }
}

/// External iterator for a string's bytes in reverse order. Use with
/// the `std::iterator` module.
pub struct StrBytesRevIterator<'self> {
    priv it: vec::VecRevIterator<'self, u8>
}

impl<'self> Iterator<u8> for StrBytesRevIterator<'self> {
    #[inline]
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
        self.it.next().map_consume(|&x| x)
    }
}

// This works because every lifetime is a sub-lifetime of 'static
impl<'self> Zero for &'self str {
    fn zero() -> &'self str { "" }
    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool { self.is_empty() }
}

impl Zero for ~str {
    fn zero() -> ~str { ~"" }
    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool { self.len() == 0 }
}

impl Zero for @str {
    fn zero() -> @str { @"" }
    fn is_zero(&self) -> bool { self.len() == 0 }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use iterator::IteratorUtil;
    use container::Container;
    use option::Some;
    use libc::c_char;
    use libc;
    use ptr;
    use str::*;
    use uint;
    use vec;
    use vec::{ImmutableVector, CopyableVector};
    use cmp::{TotalOrd, Less, Equal, Greater};

    #[test]
    fn test_eq() {
        assert!((eq(&~"", &~"")));
        assert!((eq(&~"foo", &~"foo")));
        assert!((!eq(&~"foo", &~"bar")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_eq_slice() {
        assert!((eq_slice("foobar".slice(0, 3), "foo")));
        assert!((eq_slice("barfoo".slice(3, 6), "foo")));
        assert!((!eq_slice("foo1", "foo2")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_le() {
        assert!("" <= "");
        assert!("" <= "foo");
        assert!("foo" <= "foo");
        assert!("foo" != "bar");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_len() {
        assert_eq!("".len(), 0u);
        assert_eq!("hello world".len(), 11u);
        assert_eq!("\x63".len(), 1u);
        assert_eq!("\xa2".len(), 2u);
        assert_eq!("\u03c0".len(), 2u);
        assert_eq!("\u2620".len(), 3u);
        assert_eq!("\U0001d11e".len(), 4u);

        assert_eq!("".char_len(), 0u);
        assert_eq!("hello world".char_len(), 11u);
        assert_eq!("\x63".char_len(), 1u);
        assert_eq!("\xa2".char_len(), 1u);
        assert_eq!("\u03c0".char_len(), 1u);
        assert_eq!("\u2620".char_len(), 1u);
        assert_eq!("\U0001d11e".char_len(), 1u);
        assert_eq!("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam".char_len(), 19u);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_find() {
        assert_eq!("hello".find('l'), Some(2u));
        assert_eq!("hello".find(|c:char| c == 'o'), Some(4u));
        assert!("hello".find('x').is_none());
        assert!("hello".find(|c:char| c == 'x').is_none());
        assert_eq!("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam".find('华'), Some(30u));
        assert_eq!("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam".find(|c: char| c == '华'), Some(30u));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rfind() {
        assert_eq!("hello".rfind('l'), Some(3u));
        assert_eq!("hello".rfind(|c:char| c == 'o'), Some(4u));
        assert!("hello".rfind('x').is_none());
        assert!("hello".rfind(|c:char| c == 'x').is_none());
        assert_eq!("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam".rfind('华'), Some(30u));
        assert_eq!("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam".rfind(|c: char| c == '华'), Some(30u));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_push_str() {
        let mut s = ~"";
        s.push_str("");
        assert_eq!(s.slice_from(0), "");
        s.push_str("abc");
        assert_eq!(s.slice_from(0), "abc");
        s.push_str("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam");
        assert_eq!(s.slice_from(0), "abcประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam");
    }
    #[test]
    fn test_append() {
        let mut s = ~"";
        s = s.append("");
        assert_eq!(s.slice_from(0), "");
        s = s.append("abc");
        assert_eq!(s.slice_from(0), "abc");
        s = s.append("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam");
        assert_eq!(s.slice_from(0), "abcประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_pop_char() {
        let mut data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华";
        let cc = data.pop_char();
        assert_eq!(~"ประเทศไทย中", data);
        assert_eq!('华', cc);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_pop_char_2() {
        let mut data2 = ~"华";
        let cc2 = data2.pop_char();
        assert_eq!(~"", data2);
        assert_eq!('华', cc2);
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_fail]
    #[ignore(cfg(windows))]
    fn test_pop_char_fail() {
        let mut data = ~"";
        let _cc3 = data.pop_char();
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_push_char() {
        let mut data = ~"ประเทศไทย中";
        data.push_char('华');
        assert_eq!(~"ประเทศไทย中华", data);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_shift_char() {
        let mut data = ~"ประเทศไทย中";
        let cc = data.shift_char();
        assert_eq!(~"ระเทศไทย中", data);
        assert_eq!('ป', cc);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_unshift_char() {
        let mut data = ~"ประเทศไทย中";
        data.unshift_char('华');
        assert_eq!(~"华ประเทศไทย中", data);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_split_within() {
        fn t(s: &str, i: uint, u: &[~str]) {
            let mut v = ~[];
            for each_split_within(s, i) |s| { v.push(s.to_owned()) }
            assert!(v.iter().zip(u.iter()).all(|(a,b)| a == b));
        }
        t("", 0, []);
        t("", 15, []);
        t("hello", 15, [~"hello"]);
        t("\nMary had a little lamb\nLittle lamb\n", 15,
            [~"Mary had a", ~"little lamb", ~"Little lamb"]);
        t("\nMary had a little lamb\nLittle lamb\n", uint::max_value,
            [~"Mary had a little lamb\nLittle lamb"]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_find_str() {
        // byte positions
        assert_eq!("".find_str(""), Some(0u));
        assert!("banana".find_str("apple pie").is_none());

        let data = "abcabc";
        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 6u).find_str("ab"), Some(0u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(2u, 6u).find_str("ab"), Some(3u - 2u));
        assert!(data.slice(2u, 4u).find_str("ab").is_none());

        let mut data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        data = data + data;
        assert!(data.find_str("ไท华").is_none());
        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 43u).find_str(""), Some(0u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(6u, 43u).find_str(""), Some(6u - 6u));

        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 43u).find_str("ประ"), Some( 0u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 43u).find_str("ทศไ"), Some(12u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 43u).find_str("ย中"), Some(24u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 43u).find_str("iệt"), Some(34u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(0u, 43u).find_str("Nam"), Some(40u));

        assert_eq!(data.slice(43u, 86u).find_str("ประ"), Some(43u - 43u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(43u, 86u).find_str("ทศไ"), Some(55u - 43u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(43u, 86u).find_str("ย中"), Some(67u - 43u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(43u, 86u).find_str("iệt"), Some(77u - 43u));
        assert_eq!(data.slice(43u, 86u).find_str("Nam"), Some(83u - 43u));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_slice_chars() {
        fn t(a: &str, b: &str, start: uint) {
            assert_eq!(a.slice_chars(start, start + b.char_len()), b);
        }
        t("hello", "llo", 2);
        t("hello", "el", 1);
        assert_eq!("ะเทศไท", "ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam".slice_chars(2, 8));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_concat() {
        fn t(v: &[~str], s: &str) {
            assert_eq!(v.concat(), s.to_str());
        }
        t([~"you", ~"know", ~"I'm", ~"no", ~"good"], "youknowI'mnogood");
        let v: &[~str] = [];
        t(v, "");
        t([~"hi"], "hi");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_connect() {
        fn t(v: &[~str], sep: &str, s: &str) {
            assert_eq!(v.connect(sep), s.to_str());
        }
        t([~"you", ~"know", ~"I'm", ~"no", ~"good"],
          " ", "you know I'm no good");
        let v: &[~str] = [];
        t(v, " ", "");
        t([~"hi"], " ", "hi");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_concat_slices() {
        fn t(v: &[&str], s: &str) {
            assert_eq!(v.concat(), s.to_str());
        }
        t(["you", "know", "I'm", "no", "good"], "youknowI'mnogood");
        let v: &[&str] = [];
        t(v, "");
        t(["hi"], "hi");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_connect_slices() {
        fn t(v: &[&str], sep: &str, s: &str) {
            assert_eq!(v.connect(sep), s.to_str());
        }
        t(["you", "know", "I'm", "no", "good"],
          " ", "you know I'm no good");
        t([], " ", "");
        t(["hi"], " ", "hi");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_repeat() {
        assert_eq!("x".repeat(4), ~"xxxx");
        assert_eq!("hi".repeat(4), ~"hihihihi");
        assert_eq!("ไท华".repeat(3), ~"ไท华ไท华ไท华");
        assert_eq!("".repeat(4), ~"");
        assert_eq!("hi".repeat(0), ~"");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_unsafe_slice() {
        assert_eq!("ab", unsafe {raw::slice_bytes("abc", 0, 2)});
        assert_eq!("bc", unsafe {raw::slice_bytes("abc", 1, 3)});
        assert_eq!("", unsafe {raw::slice_bytes("abc", 1, 1)});
        fn a_million_letter_a() -> ~str {
            let mut i = 0;
            let mut rs = ~"";
            while i < 100000 { rs.push_str("aaaaaaaaaa"); i += 1; }
            rs
        }
        fn half_a_million_letter_a() -> ~str {
            let mut i = 0;
            let mut rs = ~"";
            while i < 100000 { rs.push_str("aaaaa"); i += 1; }
            rs
        }
        let letters = a_million_letter_a();
        assert!(half_a_million_letter_a() ==
            unsafe {raw::slice_bytes(letters, 0u, 500000)}.to_owned());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_starts_with() {
        assert!(("".starts_with("")));
        assert!(("abc".starts_with("")));
        assert!(("abc".starts_with("a")));
        assert!((!"a".starts_with("abc")));
        assert!((!"".starts_with("abc")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_ends_with() {
        assert!(("".ends_with("")));
        assert!(("abc".ends_with("")));
        assert!(("abc".ends_with("c")));
        assert!((!"a".ends_with("abc")));
        assert!((!"".ends_with("abc")));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_is_empty() {
        assert!("".is_empty());
        assert!(!"a".is_empty());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_replace() {
        let a = "a";
        assert_eq!("".replace(a, "b"), ~"");
        assert_eq!("a".replace(a, "b"), ~"b");
        assert_eq!("ab".replace(a, "b"), ~"bb");
        let test = "test";
        assert!(" test test ".replace(test, "toast") ==
            ~" toast toast ");
        assert_eq!(" test test ".replace(test, ""), ~"   ");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_replace_2a() {
        let data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华";
        let repl = ~"دولة الكويت";

        let a = ~"ประเ";
        let A = ~"دولة الكويتทศไทย中华";
        assert_eq!(data.replace(a, repl), A);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_replace_2b() {
        let data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华";
        let repl = ~"دولة الكويت";

        let b = ~"ะเ";
        let B = ~"ปรدولة الكويتทศไทย中华";
        assert_eq!(data.replace(b,   repl), B);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_replace_2c() {
        let data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华";
        let repl = ~"دولة الكويت";

        let c = ~"中华";
        let C = ~"ประเทศไทยدولة الكويت";
        assert_eq!(data.replace(c, repl), C);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_replace_2d() {
        let data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华";
        let repl = ~"دولة الكويت";

        let d = ~"ไท华";
        assert_eq!(data.replace(d, repl), data);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_slice() {
        assert_eq!("ab", "abc".slice(0, 2));
        assert_eq!("bc", "abc".slice(1, 3));
        assert_eq!("", "abc".slice(1, 1));
        assert_eq!("\u65e5", "\u65e5\u672c".slice(0, 3));

        let data = "ประเทศไทย中华";
        assert_eq!("ป", data.slice(0, 3));
        assert_eq!("ร", data.slice(3, 6));
        assert_eq!("", data.slice(3, 3));
        assert_eq!("华", data.slice(30, 33));

        fn a_million_letter_X() -> ~str {
            let mut i = 0;
            let mut rs = ~"";
            while i < 100000 {
                push_str(&mut rs, "华华华华华华华华华华");
                i += 1;
            }
            rs
        }
        fn half_a_million_letter_X() -> ~str {
            let mut i = 0;
            let mut rs = ~"";
            while i < 100000 { push_str(&mut rs, "华华华华华"); i += 1; }
            rs
        }
        let letters = a_million_letter_X();
        assert!(half_a_million_letter_X() ==
            letters.slice(0u, 3u * 500000u).to_owned());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_slice_2() {
        let ss = "中华Việt Nam";

        assert_eq!("华", ss.slice(3u, 6u));
        assert_eq!("Việt Nam", ss.slice(6u, 16u));

        assert_eq!("ab", "abc".slice(0u, 2u));
        assert_eq!("bc", "abc".slice(1u, 3u));
        assert_eq!("", "abc".slice(1u, 1u));

        assert_eq!("中", ss.slice(0u, 3u));
        assert_eq!("华V", ss.slice(3u, 7u));
        assert_eq!("", ss.slice(3u, 3u));
        /*0: 中
          3: 华
          6: V
          7: i
          8: ệ
         11: t
         12:
         13: N
         14: a
         15: m */
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_fail]
    #[ignore(cfg(windows))]
    fn test_slice_fail() {
        "中华Việt Nam".slice(0u, 2u);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_slice_from() {
        assert_eq!("abcd".slice_from(0), "abcd");
        assert_eq!("abcd".slice_from(2), "cd");
        assert_eq!("abcd".slice_from(4), "");
    }
    #[test]
    fn test_slice_to() {
        assert_eq!("abcd".slice_to(0), "");
        assert_eq!("abcd".slice_to(2), "ab");
        assert_eq!("abcd".slice_to(4), "abcd");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trim_left_chars() {
        let v: &[char] = &[];
        assert_eq!(" *** foo *** ".trim_left_chars(&v), " *** foo *** ");
        assert_eq!(" *** foo *** ".trim_left_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "foo *** ");
        assert_eq!(" ***  *** ".trim_left_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "");
        assert_eq!("foo *** ".trim_left_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "foo *** ");

        assert_eq!("11foo1bar11".trim_left_chars(&'1'), "foo1bar11");
        assert_eq!("12foo1bar12".trim_left_chars(& &['1', '2']), "foo1bar12");
        assert_eq!("123foo1bar123".trim_left_chars(&|c: char| c.is_digit()), "foo1bar123");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trim_right_chars() {
        let v: &[char] = &[];
        assert_eq!(" *** foo *** ".trim_right_chars(&v), " *** foo *** ");
        assert_eq!(" *** foo *** ".trim_right_chars(& &['*', ' ']), " *** foo");
        assert_eq!(" ***  *** ".trim_right_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "");
        assert_eq!(" *** foo".trim_right_chars(& &['*', ' ']), " *** foo");

        assert_eq!("11foo1bar11".trim_right_chars(&'1'), "11foo1bar");
        assert_eq!("12foo1bar12".trim_right_chars(& &['1', '2']), "12foo1bar");
        assert_eq!("123foo1bar123".trim_right_chars(&|c: char| c.is_digit()), "123foo1bar");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trim_chars() {
        let v: &[char] = &[];
        assert_eq!(" *** foo *** ".trim_chars(&v), " *** foo *** ");
        assert_eq!(" *** foo *** ".trim_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "foo");
        assert_eq!(" ***  *** ".trim_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "");
        assert_eq!("foo".trim_chars(& &['*', ' ']), "foo");

        assert_eq!("11foo1bar11".trim_chars(&'1'), "foo1bar");
        assert_eq!("12foo1bar12".trim_chars(& &['1', '2']), "foo1bar");
        assert_eq!("123foo1bar123".trim_chars(&|c: char| c.is_digit()), "foo1bar");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trim_left() {
        assert_eq!("".trim_left(), "");
        assert_eq!("a".trim_left(), "a");
        assert_eq!("    ".trim_left(), "");
        assert_eq!("     blah".trim_left(), "blah");
        assert_eq!("   \u3000  wut".trim_left(), "wut");
        assert_eq!("hey ".trim_left(), "hey ");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trim_right() {
        assert_eq!("".trim_right(), "");
        assert_eq!("a".trim_right(), "a");
        assert_eq!("    ".trim_right(), "");
        assert_eq!("blah     ".trim_right(), "blah");
        assert_eq!("wut   \u3000  ".trim_right(), "wut");
        assert_eq!(" hey".trim_right(), " hey");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trim() {
        assert_eq!("".trim(), "");
        assert_eq!("a".trim(), "a");
        assert_eq!("    ".trim(), "");
        assert_eq!("    blah     ".trim(), "blah");
        assert_eq!("\nwut   \u3000  ".trim(), "wut");
        assert_eq!(" hey dude ".trim(), "hey dude");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_is_whitespace() {
        assert!("".is_whitespace());
        assert!(" ".is_whitespace());
        assert!("\u2009".is_whitespace()); // Thin space
        assert!("  \n\t   ".is_whitespace());
        assert!(!"   _   ".is_whitespace());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_shift_byte() {
        let mut s = ~"ABC";
        let b = unsafe{raw::shift_byte(&mut s)};
        assert_eq!(s, ~"BC");
        assert_eq!(b, 65u8);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_pop_byte() {
        let mut s = ~"ABC";
        let b = unsafe{raw::pop_byte(&mut s)};
        assert_eq!(s, ~"AB");
        assert_eq!(b, 67u8);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_unsafe_from_bytes() {
        let a = ~[65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8];
        let b = unsafe { raw::from_bytes(a) };
        assert_eq!(b, ~"AAAAAAA");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_from_bytes() {
        let ss = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let bb = ~[0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa8_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb9_u8, 0x84_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0x97_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa2_u8,
                  0xe4_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xad_u8,
                  0xe5_u8, 0x8d_u8, 0x8e_u8,
                  0x56_u8, 0x69_u8, 0xe1_u8,
                  0xbb_u8, 0x87_u8, 0x74_u8,
                  0x20_u8, 0x4e_u8, 0x61_u8,
                  0x6d_u8];

        assert_eq!(ss, from_bytes(bb));
    }

    #[test]
    #[ignore(cfg(windows))]
    fn test_from_bytes_fail() {
        use str::not_utf8::cond;

        let bb = ~[0xff_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa8_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb9_u8, 0x84_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0x97_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa2_u8,
                  0xe4_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xad_u8,
                  0xe5_u8, 0x8d_u8, 0x8e_u8,
                  0x56_u8, 0x69_u8, 0xe1_u8,
                  0xbb_u8, 0x87_u8, 0x74_u8,
                  0x20_u8, 0x4e_u8, 0x61_u8,
                  0x6d_u8];

        let mut error_happened = false;
        let _x = do cond.trap(|err| {
            assert_eq!(err, ~"from_bytes: input is not UTF-8; first bad byte is 255");
            error_happened = true;
            ~""
        }).in {
            from_bytes(bb)
        };
        assert!(error_happened);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_unsafe_from_bytes_with_null() {
        let a = [65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 0u8];
        let b = unsafe { raw::from_bytes_with_null(a) };
        assert_eq!(b, "AAAAAAA");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_from_bytes_with_null() {
        let ss = "ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let bb = [0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa8_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb9_u8, 0x84_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0x97_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa2_u8,
                  0xe4_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xad_u8,
                  0xe5_u8, 0x8d_u8, 0x8e_u8,
                  0x56_u8, 0x69_u8, 0xe1_u8,
                  0xbb_u8, 0x87_u8, 0x74_u8,
                  0x20_u8, 0x4e_u8, 0x61_u8,
                  0x6d_u8, 0x0_u8];

        assert_eq!(ss, from_bytes_with_null(bb));
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_fail]
    #[ignore(cfg(windows))]
    fn test_from_bytes_with_null_fail() {
        let bb = [0xff_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa8_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb9_u8, 0x84_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0x97_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa2_u8,
                  0xe4_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xad_u8,
                  0xe5_u8, 0x8d_u8, 0x8e_u8,
                  0x56_u8, 0x69_u8, 0xe1_u8,
                  0xbb_u8, 0x87_u8, 0x74_u8,
                  0x20_u8, 0x4e_u8, 0x61_u8,
                  0x6d_u8, 0x0_u8];

         let _x = from_bytes_with_null(bb);
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_fail]
    #[ignore(cfg(windows))]
    fn test_from_bytes_with_null_fail_2() {
        let bb = [0xff_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa8_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb9_u8, 0x84_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0x97_u8,
                  0xe0_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xa2_u8,
                  0xe4_u8, 0xb8_u8, 0xad_u8,
                  0xe5_u8, 0x8d_u8, 0x8e_u8,
                  0x56_u8, 0x69_u8, 0xe1_u8,
                  0xbb_u8, 0x87_u8, 0x74_u8,
                  0x20_u8, 0x4e_u8, 0x61_u8,
                  0x6d_u8, 0x60_u8];

         let _x = from_bytes_with_null(bb);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_from_buf() {
        unsafe {
            let a = ~[65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 65u8, 0u8];
            let b = vec::raw::to_ptr(a);
            let c = raw::from_buf(b);
            assert_eq!(c, ~"AAAAAAA");
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_bytes() {
        // no null
        let v = [
            224, 184, 168, 224, 185, 132, 224, 184, 151, 224, 184, 162, 228,
            184, 173, 229, 141, 142, 86, 105, 225, 187, 135, 116, 32, 78, 97,
            109
        ];
        assert_eq!("".as_bytes(), &[]);
        assert_eq!("abc".as_bytes(), &['a' as u8, 'b' as u8, 'c' as u8]);
        assert_eq!("ศไทย中华Việt Nam".as_bytes(), v);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_bytes_with_null() {
        // has null
        let v = [
            224, 184, 168, 224, 185, 132, 224, 184, 151, 224, 184, 162, 228,
            184, 173, 229, 141, 142, 86, 105, 225, 187, 135, 116, 32, 78, 97,
            109, 0
        ];

        let s1 = @"";
        let s2 = @"abc";
        let s3 = @"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        assert_eq!(s1.as_bytes_with_null(), &[0]);
        assert_eq!(s2.as_bytes_with_null(), &['a' as u8, 'b' as u8, 'c' as u8, 0]);
        assert_eq!(s3.as_bytes_with_null(), v);

        let s1 = ~"";
        let s2 = ~"abc";
        let s3 = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        assert_eq!(s1.as_bytes_with_null(), &[0]);
        assert_eq!(s2.as_bytes_with_null(), &['a' as u8, 'b' as u8, 'c' as u8, 0]);
        assert_eq!(s3.as_bytes_with_null(), v);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_bytes_with_null_consume() {
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = ~[
            224, 184, 168, 224, 185, 132, 224, 184, 151, 224, 184, 162, 228,
            184, 173, 229, 141, 142, 86, 105, 225, 187, 135, 116, 32, 78, 97,
            109, 0
        ];
        assert_eq!((~"").as_bytes_with_null_consume(), ~[0]);
        assert_eq!((~"abc").as_bytes_with_null_consume(),
                   ~['a' as u8, 'b' as u8, 'c' as u8, 0]);
        assert_eq!(s.as_bytes_with_null_consume(), v);
    }

    #[test]
    #[ignore(cfg(windows))]
    #[should_fail]
    fn test_as_bytes_fail() {
        // Don't double free. (I'm not sure if this exercises the
        // original problem code path anymore.)
        let s = ~"";
        let _bytes = s.as_bytes_with_null();
        fail!();
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_buf() {
        let a = "Abcdefg";
        let b = as_buf(a, |buf, _l| {
            assert_eq!(unsafe { *buf }, 65u8);
            100
        });
        assert_eq!(b, 100);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_buf_small() {
        let a = "A";
        let b = as_buf(a, |buf, _l| {
            assert_eq!(unsafe { *buf }, 65u8);
            100
        });
        assert_eq!(b, 100);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_buf2() {
        unsafe {
            let s = ~"hello";
            let sb = as_buf(s, |b, _l| b);
            let s_cstr = raw::from_buf(sb);
            assert_eq!(s_cstr, s);
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_as_buf_3() {
        let a = ~"hello";
        do as_buf(a) |buf, len| {
            unsafe {
                assert_eq!(a[0], 'h' as u8);
                assert_eq!(*buf, 'h' as u8);
                assert_eq!(len, 6u);
                assert_eq!(*ptr::offset(buf,4u), 'o' as u8);
                assert_eq!(*ptr::offset(buf,5u), 0u8);
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_subslice_offset() {
        let a = "kernelsprite";
        let b = a.slice(7, a.len());
        let c = a.slice(0, a.len() - 6);
        assert_eq!(a.subslice_offset(b), 7);
        assert_eq!(a.subslice_offset(c), 0);

        let string = "a\nb\nc";
        let mut lines = ~[];
        for string.line_iter().advance |line| { lines.push(line) }
        assert_eq!(string.subslice_offset(lines[0]), 0);
        assert_eq!(string.subslice_offset(lines[1]), 2);
        assert_eq!(string.subslice_offset(lines[2]), 4);
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_fail]
    fn test_subslice_offset_2() {
        let a = "alchemiter";
        let b = "cruxtruder";
        a.subslice_offset(b);
    }

    #[test]
    fn vec_str_conversions() {
        let s1: ~str = ~"All mimsy were the borogoves";

        let v: ~[u8] = s1.as_bytes().to_owned();
        let s2: ~str = from_bytes(v);
        let mut i: uint = 0u;
        let n1: uint = s1.len();
        let n2: uint = v.len();
        assert_eq!(n1, n2);
        while i < n1 {
            let a: u8 = s1[i];
            let b: u8 = s2[i];
            debug!(a);
            debug!(b);
            assert_eq!(a, b);
            i += 1u;
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_contains() {
        assert!("abcde".contains("bcd"));
        assert!("abcde".contains("abcd"));
        assert!("abcde".contains("bcde"));
        assert!("abcde".contains(""));
        assert!("".contains(""));
        assert!(!"abcde".contains("def"));
        assert!(!"".contains("a"));

        let data = ~"ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        assert!(data.contains("ประเ"));
        assert!(data.contains("ะเ"));
        assert!(data.contains("中华"));
        assert!(!data.contains("ไท华"));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_contains_char() {
        assert!("abc".contains_char('b'));
        assert!("a".contains_char('a'));
        assert!(!"abc".contains_char('d'));
        assert!(!"".contains_char('a'));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_map() {
        assert_eq!(~"", "".map_chars(|c| unsafe {libc::toupper(c as c_char)} as char));
        assert_eq!(~"YMCA", "ymca".map_chars(|c| unsafe {libc::toupper(c as c_char)} as char));
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_utf16() {
        let pairs =
            [(~"𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰\n",
              ~[0xd800_u16, 0xdf45_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf3f_u16,
                0xd800_u16, 0xdf3b_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf46_u16,
                0xd800_u16, 0xdf39_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf3b_u16,
                0xd800_u16, 0xdf30_u16, 0x000a_u16]),

             (~"𐐒𐑉𐐮𐑀𐐲𐑋 𐐏𐐲𐑍\n",
              ~[0xd801_u16, 0xdc12_u16, 0xd801_u16,
                0xdc49_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc2e_u16, 0xd801_u16,
                0xdc40_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc32_u16, 0xd801_u16,
                0xdc4b_u16, 0x0020_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc0f_u16,
                0xd801_u16, 0xdc32_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc4d_u16,
                0x000a_u16]),

             (~"𐌀𐌖𐌋𐌄𐌑𐌉·𐌌𐌄𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌑\n",
              ~[0xd800_u16, 0xdf00_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf16_u16,
                0xd800_u16, 0xdf0b_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf04_u16,
                0xd800_u16, 0xdf11_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf09_u16,
                0x00b7_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf0c_u16, 0xd800_u16,
                0xdf04_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf15_u16, 0xd800_u16,
                0xdf04_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf0b_u16, 0xd800_u16,
                0xdf09_u16, 0xd800_u16, 0xdf11_u16, 0x000a_u16 ]),

             (~"𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒 𐒕𐒓 𐒈𐒚𐒍 𐒏𐒜𐒒𐒖𐒆 𐒕𐒆\n",
              ~[0xd801_u16, 0xdc8b_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc98_u16,
                0xd801_u16, 0xdc88_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc91_u16,
                0xd801_u16, 0xdc9b_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc92_u16,
                0x0020_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc95_u16, 0xd801_u16,
                0xdc93_u16, 0x0020_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc88_u16,
                0xd801_u16, 0xdc9a_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc8d_u16,
                0x0020_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc8f_u16, 0xd801_u16,
                0xdc9c_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc92_u16, 0xd801_u16,
                0xdc96_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc86_u16, 0x0020_u16,
                0xd801_u16, 0xdc95_u16, 0xd801_u16, 0xdc86_u16,
                0x000a_u16 ]) ];

        for pairs.iter().advance |p| {
            let (s, u) = copy *p;
            assert!(s.to_utf16() == u);
            assert!(from_utf16(u) == s);
            assert!(from_utf16(s.to_utf16()) == s);
            assert!(from_utf16(u).to_utf16() == u);
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_char_at() {
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = ~['ศ','ไ','ท','ย','中','华','V','i','ệ','t',' ','N','a','m'];
        let mut pos = 0;
        for v.iter().advance |ch| {
            assert!(s.char_at(pos) == *ch);
            pos += from_char(*ch).len();
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_char_at_reverse() {
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = ~['ศ','ไ','ท','ย','中','华','V','i','ệ','t',' ','N','a','m'];
        let mut pos = s.len();
        for v.rev_iter().advance |ch| {
            assert!(s.char_at_reverse(pos) == *ch);
            pos -= from_char(*ch).len();
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_escape_unicode() {
        assert_eq!("abc".escape_unicode(), ~"\\x61\\x62\\x63");
        assert_eq!("a c".escape_unicode(), ~"\\x61\\x20\\x63");
        assert_eq!("\r\n\t".escape_unicode(), ~"\\x0d\\x0a\\x09");
        assert_eq!("'\"\\".escape_unicode(), ~"\\x27\\x22\\x5c");
        assert_eq!("\x00\x01\xfe\xff".escape_unicode(), ~"\\x00\\x01\\xfe\\xff");
        assert_eq!("\u0100\uffff".escape_unicode(), ~"\\u0100\\uffff");
        assert_eq!("\U00010000\U0010ffff".escape_unicode(), ~"\\U00010000\\U0010ffff");
        assert_eq!("ab\ufb00".escape_unicode(), ~"\\x61\\x62\\ufb00");
        assert_eq!("\U0001d4ea\r".escape_unicode(), ~"\\U0001d4ea\\x0d");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_escape_default() {
        assert_eq!("abc".escape_default(), ~"abc");
        assert_eq!("a c".escape_default(), ~"a c");
        assert_eq!("\r\n\t".escape_default(), ~"\\r\\n\\t");
        assert_eq!("'\"\\".escape_default(), ~"\\'\\\"\\\\");
        assert_eq!("\u0100\uffff".escape_default(), ~"\\u0100\\uffff");
        assert_eq!("\U00010000\U0010ffff".escape_default(), ~"\\U00010000\\U0010ffff");
        assert_eq!("ab\ufb00".escape_default(), ~"ab\\ufb00");
        assert_eq!("\U0001d4ea\r".escape_default(), ~"\\U0001d4ea\\r");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_to_managed() {
        assert_eq!("abc".to_managed(), @"abc");
        assert_eq!("abcdef".slice(1, 5).to_managed(), @"bcde");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_total_ord() {
        "1234".cmp(& &"123") == Greater;
        "123".cmp(& &"1234") == Less;
        "1234".cmp(& &"1234") == Equal;
        "12345555".cmp(& &"123456") == Less;
        "22".cmp(& &"1234") == Greater;
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_char_range_at_reverse_underflow() {
        assert_eq!("abc".char_range_at_reverse(0).next, 0);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_add() {
        #[allow(unnecessary_allocation)];
        macro_rules! t (
            ($s1:expr, $s2:expr, $e:expr) => {
                assert_eq!($s1 + $s2, $e);
                assert_eq!($s1.to_owned() + $s2, $e);
                assert_eq!($s1.to_managed() + $s2, $e);
            }
        );

        t!("foo",  "bar", ~"foobar");
        t!("foo", @"bar", ~"foobar");
        t!("foo", ~"bar", ~"foobar");
        t!("ศไทย中",  "华Việt Nam", ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam");
        t!("ศไทย中", @"华Việt Nam", ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam");
        t!("ศไทย中", ~"华Việt Nam", ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam");
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_iterator() {
        use iterator::*;
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = ~['ศ','ไ','ท','ย','中','华','V','i','ệ','t',' ','N','a','m'];

        let mut pos = 0;
        let mut it = s.iter();

        for it.advance |c| {
            assert_eq!(c, v[pos]);
            pos += 1;
        }
        assert_eq!(pos, v.len());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_rev_iterator() {
        use iterator::*;
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = ~['m', 'a', 'N', ' ', 't', 'ệ','i','V','华','中','ย','ท','ไ','ศ'];

        let mut pos = 0;
        let mut it = s.rev_iter();

        for it.advance |c| {
            assert_eq!(c, v[pos]);
            pos += 1;
        }
        assert_eq!(pos, v.len());
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_bytes_iterator() {
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = [
            224, 184, 168, 224, 185, 132, 224, 184, 151, 224, 184, 162, 228,
            184, 173, 229, 141, 142, 86, 105, 225, 187, 135, 116, 32, 78, 97,
            109
        ];
        let mut pos = 0;

        for s.bytes_iter().advance |b| {
            assert_eq!(b, v[pos]);
            pos += 1;
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_bytes_rev_iterator() {
        let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
        let v = [
            224, 184, 168, 224, 185, 132, 224, 184, 151, 224, 184, 162, 228,
            184, 173, 229, 141, 142, 86, 105, 225, 187, 135, 116, 32, 78, 97,
            109
        ];
        let mut pos = v.len();

        for s.bytes_rev_iter().advance |b| {
            pos -= 1;
            assert_eq!(b, v[pos]);
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_split_char_iterator() {
        let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";

        let split: ~[&str] = data.split_iter(' ').collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);

        let split: ~[&str] = data.split_iter(|c: char| c == ' ').collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);

        // Unicode
        let split: ~[&str] = data.split_iter('ä').collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);

        let split: ~[&str] = data.split_iter(|c: char| c == 'ä').collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
    }
    #[test]
    fn test_splitn_char_iterator() {
        let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";

        let split: ~[&str] = data.splitn_iter(' ', 3).collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);

        let split: ~[&str] = data.splitn_iter(|c: char| c == ' ', 3).collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);

        // Unicode
        let split: ~[&str] = data.splitn_iter('ä', 3).collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);

        let split: ~[&str] = data.splitn_iter(|c: char| c == 'ä', 3).collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_split_char_iterator_no_trailing() {
        let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";

        let split: ~[&str] = data.split_options_iter('\n', 1000, true).collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb", ""]);

        let split: ~[&str] = data.split_options_iter('\n', 1000, false).collect();
        assert_eq!(split, ~["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb"]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_word_iter() {
        let data = "\n \tMäry   häd\tä  little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";
        let words: ~[&str] = data.word_iter().collect();
        assert_eq!(words, ~["Märy", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb", "Little", "lämb"])
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_line_iter() {
        let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n";
        let lines: ~[&str] = data.line_iter().collect();
        assert_eq!(lines, ~["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "", "Little lämb"]);

        let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb"; // no trailing \n
        let lines: ~[&str] = data.line_iter().collect();
        assert_eq!(lines, ~["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "", "Little lämb"]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_split_str_iterator() {
        fn t<'a>(s: &str, sep: &'a str, u: ~[&str]) {
            let v: ~[&str] = s.split_str_iter(sep).collect();
            assert_eq!(v, u);
        }
        t("--1233345--", "12345", ~["--1233345--"]);
        t("abc::hello::there", "::", ~["abc", "hello", "there"]);
        t("::hello::there", "::", ~["", "hello", "there"]);
        t("hello::there::", "::", ~["hello", "there", ""]);
        t("::hello::there::", "::", ~["", "hello", "there", ""]);
        t("ประเทศไทย中华Việt Nam", "中华", ~["ประเทศไทย", "Việt Nam"]);
        t("zzXXXzzYYYzz", "zz", ~["", "XXX", "YYY", ""]);
        t("zzXXXzYYYz", "XXX", ~["zz", "zYYYz"]);
        t(".XXX.YYY.", ".", ~["", "XXX", "YYY", ""]);
        t("", ".", ~[""]);
        t("zz", "zz", ~["",""]);
        t("ok", "z", ~["ok"]);
        t("zzz", "zz", ~["","z"]);
        t("zzzzz", "zz", ~["","","z"]);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_str_zero() {
        use num::Zero;
        fn t<S: Zero + Str>() {
            let s: S = Zero::zero();
            assert_eq!(s.as_slice(), "");
            assert!(s.is_zero());
        }

        t::<&str>();
        t::<@str>();
        t::<~str>();
    }
}