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+// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! String manipulation
+//!
+//! For more details, see std::str
+
+use cast::transmute;
+use cast;
+use char;
+use clone::Clone;
+use cmp::{Eq, TotalEq};
+use container::Container;
+use default::Default;
+use iter::{Filter, Map, Iterator};
+use iter::{Rev, DoubleEndedIterator, ExactSize};
+use num::Saturating;
+use option::{None, Option, Some};
+use raw::Repr;
+use slice::{ImmutableVector, Vector};
+use slice;
+
+/*
+Section: Creating a string
+*/
+
+/// 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]'
+///
+/// Returns None if the slice is not utf-8.
+pub fn from_utf8<'a>(v: &'a [u8]) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    if is_utf8(v) {
+        Some(unsafe { raw::from_utf8(v) })
+    } else { None }
+}
+
+/// 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(&mut 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(&mut self, c: char) -> bool { *self == c }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool { (*self as uint) < 128 }
+}
+
+impl<'a> CharEq for |char|: 'a -> bool {
+    #[inline]
+    fn matches(&mut self, c: char) -> bool { (*self)(c) }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool { false }
+}
+
+impl CharEq for extern "Rust" fn(char) -> bool {
+    #[inline]
+    fn matches(&mut self, c: char) -> bool { (*self)(c) }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool { false }
+}
+
+impl<'a> CharEq for &'a [char] {
+    #[inline]
+    fn matches(&mut self, c: char) -> bool {
+        self.iter().any(|&mut m| m.matches(c))
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn only_ascii(&self) -> bool {
+        self.iter().all(|m| m.only_ascii())
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+Section: Iterators
+*/
+
+/// External iterator for a string's characters.
+/// Use with the `std::iter` module.
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct Chars<'a> {
+    /// The slice remaining to be iterated
+    string: &'a str,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator<char> for Chars<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
+        // Decode the next codepoint, then update
+        // the slice to be just the remaining part
+        if self.string.len() != 0 {
+            let CharRange {ch, next} = self.string.char_range_at(0);
+            unsafe {
+                self.string = raw::slice_unchecked(self.string, next, self.string.len());
+            }
+            Some(ch)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (uint, Option<uint>) {
+        (self.string.len().saturating_add(3)/4, Some(self.string.len()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> DoubleEndedIterator<char> for Chars<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
+        if self.string.len() != 0 {
+            let CharRange {ch, next} = self.string.char_range_at_reverse(self.string.len());
+            unsafe {
+                self.string = raw::slice_unchecked(self.string, 0, next);
+            }
+            Some(ch)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// External iterator for a string's characters and their byte offsets.
+/// Use with the `std::iter` module.
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct CharOffsets<'a> {
+    /// The original string to be iterated
+    string: &'a str,
+    iter: Chars<'a>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator<(uint, char)> for CharOffsets<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(uint, char)> {
+        // Compute the byte offset by using the pointer offset between
+        // the original string slice and the iterator's remaining part
+        let offset = self.iter.string.as_ptr() as uint - self.string.as_ptr() as uint;
+        self.iter.next().map(|ch| (offset, ch))
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (uint, Option<uint>) {
+        self.iter.size_hint()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> DoubleEndedIterator<(uint, char)> for CharOffsets<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<(uint, char)> {
+        self.iter.next_back().map(|ch| {
+            let offset = self.iter.string.len() +
+                    self.iter.string.as_ptr() as uint - self.string.as_ptr() as uint;
+            (offset, ch)
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[deprecated = "replaced by Rev<Chars<'a>>"]
+pub type RevChars<'a> = Rev<Chars<'a>>;
+
+#[deprecated = "replaced by Rev<CharOffsets<'a>>"]
+pub type RevCharOffsets<'a> = Rev<CharOffsets<'a>>;
+
+/// External iterator for a string's bytes.
+/// Use with the `std::iter` module.
+pub type Bytes<'a> =
+    Map<'a, &'a u8, u8, slice::Items<'a, u8>>;
+
+#[deprecated = "replaced by Rev<Bytes<'a>>"]
+pub type RevBytes<'a> = Rev<Bytes<'a>>;
+
+/// An iterator over the substrings of a string, separated by `sep`.
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct CharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+    /// The slice remaining to be iterated
+    string: &'a str,
+    sep: Sep,
+    /// Whether an empty string at the end is allowed
+    allow_trailing_empty: bool,
+    only_ascii: bool,
+    finished: bool,
+}
+
+#[deprecated = "replaced by Rev<CharSplits<'a, Sep>>"]
+pub type RevCharSplits<'a, Sep> = Rev<CharSplits<'a, Sep>>;
+
+/// An iterator over the substrings of a string, separated by `sep`,
+/// splitting at most `count` times.
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct CharSplitsN<'a, Sep> {
+    iter: CharSplits<'a, Sep>,
+    /// The number of splits remaining
+    count: uint,
+    invert: bool,
+}
+
+/// An iterator over the words of a string, separated by a sequence of whitespace
+pub type Words<'a> =
+    Filter<'a, &'a str, CharSplits<'a, extern "Rust" fn(char) -> bool>>;
+
+/// An iterator over the lines of a string, separated by either `\n` or (`\r\n`).
+pub type AnyLines<'a> =
+    Map<'a, &'a str, &'a str, CharSplits<'a, char>>;
+
+impl<'a, Sep> CharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn get_end(&mut self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        if !self.finished && (self.allow_trailing_empty || self.string.len() > 0) {
+            self.finished = true;
+            Some(self.string)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, Sep: CharEq> Iterator<&'a str> for CharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        if self.finished { return None }
+
+        let mut next_split = None;
+        if self.only_ascii {
+            for (idx, byte) in self.string.bytes().enumerate() {
+                if self.sep.matches(byte as char) && byte < 128u8 {
+                    next_split = Some((idx, idx + 1));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            for (idx, ch) in self.string.char_indices() {
+                if self.sep.matches(ch) {
+                    next_split = Some((idx, self.string.char_range_at(idx).next));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        match next_split {
+            Some((a, b)) => unsafe {
+                let elt = raw::slice_unchecked(self.string, 0, a);
+                self.string = raw::slice_unchecked(self.string, b, self.string.len());
+                Some(elt)
+            },
+            None => self.get_end(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, Sep: CharEq> DoubleEndedIterator<&'a str>
+for CharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        if self.finished { return None }
+
+        if !self.allow_trailing_empty {
+            self.allow_trailing_empty = true;
+            match self.next_back() {
+                Some(elt) if !elt.is_empty() => return Some(elt),
+                _ => if self.finished { return None }
+            }
+        }
+        let len = self.string.len();
+        let mut next_split = None;
+
+        if self.only_ascii {
+            for (idx, byte) in self.string.bytes().enumerate().rev() {
+                if self.sep.matches(byte as char) && byte < 128u8 {
+                    next_split = Some((idx, idx + 1));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            for (idx, ch) in self.string.char_indices().rev() {
+                if self.sep.matches(ch) {
+                    next_split = Some((idx, self.string.char_range_at(idx).next));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        match next_split {
+            Some((a, b)) => unsafe {
+                let elt = raw::slice_unchecked(self.string, b, len);
+                self.string = raw::slice_unchecked(self.string, 0, a);
+                Some(elt)
+            },
+            None => { self.finished = true; Some(self.string) }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, Sep: CharEq> Iterator<&'a str> for CharSplitsN<'a, Sep> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        if self.count != 0 {
+            self.count -= 1;
+            if self.invert { self.iter.next_back() } else { self.iter.next() }
+        } else {
+            self.iter.get_end()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An iterator over the start and end indices of the matches of a
+/// substring within a larger string
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct MatchIndices<'a> {
+    haystack: &'a str,
+    needle: &'a str,
+    position: uint,
+}
+
+/// An iterator over the substrings of a string separated by a given
+/// search string
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct StrSplits<'a> {
+    it: MatchIndices<'a>,
+    last_end: uint,
+    finished: bool
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator<(uint, uint)> for MatchIndices<'a> {
+    #[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<'a> Iterator<&'a str> for StrSplits<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'a 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()))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+Section: Comparing strings
+*/
+
+// share the implementation of the lang-item vs. non-lang-item
+// eq_slice.
+#[inline]
+fn eq_slice_(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
+    #[allow(ctypes)]
+    extern { fn memcmp(s1: *i8, s2: *i8, n: uint) -> i32; }
+    a.len() == b.len() && unsafe {
+        memcmp(a.as_ptr() as *i8,
+               b.as_ptr() as *i8,
+               a.len()) == 0
+    }
+}
+
+/// Bytewise slice equality
+#[cfg(not(test))]
+#[lang="str_eq"]
+#[inline]
+pub fn eq_slice(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
+    eq_slice_(a, b)
+}
+
+/// Bytewise slice equality
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[inline]
+pub fn eq_slice(a: &str, b: &str) -> bool {
+    eq_slice_(a, b)
+}
+
+/// 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: Misc
+*/
+
+/// Walk through `iter` checking that it's a valid UTF-8 sequence,
+/// returning `true` in that case, or, if it is invalid, `false` with
+/// `iter` reset such that it is pointing at the first byte in the
+/// invalid sequence.
+#[inline(always)]
+fn run_utf8_validation_iterator(iter: &mut slice::Items<u8>) -> bool {
+    loop {
+        // save the current thing we're pointing at.
+        let old = *iter;
+
+        // restore the iterator we had at the start of this codepoint.
+        macro_rules! err ( () => { {*iter = old; return false} });
+        macro_rules! next ( () => {
+                match iter.next() {
+                    Some(a) => *a,
+                    // we needed data, but there was none: error!
+                    None => err!()
+                }
+            });
+
+        let first = match iter.next() {
+            Some(&b) => b,
+            // we're at the end of the iterator and a codepoint
+            // boundary at the same time, so this string is valid.
+            None => return true
+        };
+
+        // ASCII characters are always valid, so only large
+        // bytes need more examination.
+        if first >= 128 {
+            let w = utf8_char_width(first);
+            let second = next!();
+            // 2-byte encoding is for codepoints  \u0080 to  \u07ff
+            //        first  C2 80        last DF BF
+            // 3-byte encoding is for codepoints  \u0800 to  \uffff
+            //        first  E0 A0 80     last EF BF BF
+            //   excluding surrogates codepoints  \ud800 to  \udfff
+            //               ED A0 80 to       ED BF BF
+            // 4-byte encoding is for codepoints \u10000 to \u10ffff
+            //        first  F0 90 80 80  last F4 8F BF BF
+            //
+            // Use the UTF-8 syntax from the RFC
+            //
+            // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3629
+            // UTF8-1      = %x00-7F
+            // UTF8-2      = %xC2-DF UTF8-tail
+            // UTF8-3      = %xE0 %xA0-BF UTF8-tail / %xE1-EC 2( UTF8-tail ) /
+            //               %xED %x80-9F UTF8-tail / %xEE-EF 2( UTF8-tail )
+            // UTF8-4      = %xF0 %x90-BF 2( UTF8-tail ) / %xF1-F3 3( UTF8-tail ) /
+            //               %xF4 %x80-8F 2( UTF8-tail )
+            match w {
+                2 => if second & 192 != TAG_CONT_U8 {err!()},
+                3 => {
+                    match (first, second, next!() & 192) {
+                        (0xE0        , 0xA0 .. 0xBF, TAG_CONT_U8) |
+                        (0xE1 .. 0xEC, 0x80 .. 0xBF, TAG_CONT_U8) |
+                        (0xED        , 0x80 .. 0x9F, TAG_CONT_U8) |
+                        (0xEE .. 0xEF, 0x80 .. 0xBF, TAG_CONT_U8) => {}
+                        _ => err!()
+                    }
+                }
+                4 => {
+                    match (first, second, next!() & 192, next!() & 192) {
+                        (0xF0        , 0x90 .. 0xBF, TAG_CONT_U8, TAG_CONT_U8) |
+                        (0xF1 .. 0xF3, 0x80 .. 0xBF, TAG_CONT_U8, TAG_CONT_U8) |
+                        (0xF4        , 0x80 .. 0x8F, TAG_CONT_U8, TAG_CONT_U8) => {}
+                        _ => err!()
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => err!()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Determines if a vector of bytes contains valid UTF-8.
+pub fn is_utf8(v: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    run_utf8_validation_iterator(&mut v.iter())
+}
+
+/// Determines if a vector of `u16` contains valid UTF-16
+pub fn is_utf16(v: &[u16]) -> bool {
+    let mut it = v.iter();
+    macro_rules! next ( ($ret:expr) => {
+            match it.next() { Some(u) => *u, None => return $ret }
+        }
+    )
+    loop {
+        let u = next!(true);
+
+        match char::from_u32(u as u32) {
+            Some(_) => {}
+            None => {
+                let u2 = next!(false);
+                if u < 0xD7FF || u > 0xDBFF ||
+                    u2 < 0xDC00 || u2 > 0xDFFF { return false; }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An iterator that decodes UTF-16 encoded codepoints from a vector
+/// of `u16`s.
+#[deriving(Clone)]
+pub struct UTF16Items<'a> {
+    iter: slice::Items<'a, u16>
+}
+/// The possibilities for values decoded from a `u16` stream.
+#[deriving(Eq, TotalEq, Clone)]
+pub enum UTF16Item {
+    /// A valid codepoint.
+    ScalarValue(char),
+    /// An invalid surrogate without its pair.
+    LoneSurrogate(u16)
+}
+
+impl UTF16Item {
+    /// Convert `self` to a `char`, taking `LoneSurrogate`s to the
+    /// replacement character (U+FFFD).
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn to_char_lossy(&self) -> char {
+        match *self {
+            ScalarValue(c) => c,
+            LoneSurrogate(_) => '\uFFFD'
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator<UTF16Item> for UTF16Items<'a> {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<UTF16Item> {
+        let u = match self.iter.next() {
+            Some(u) => *u,
+            None => return None
+        };
+
+        if u < 0xD800 || 0xDFFF < u {
+            // not a surrogate
+            Some(ScalarValue(unsafe {cast::transmute(u as u32)}))
+        } else if u >= 0xDC00 {
+            // a trailing surrogate
+            Some(LoneSurrogate(u))
+        } else {
+            // preserve state for rewinding.
+            let old = self.iter;
+
+            let u2 = match self.iter.next() {
+                Some(u2) => *u2,
+                // eof
+                None => return Some(LoneSurrogate(u))
+            };
+            if u2 < 0xDC00 || u2 > 0xDFFF {
+                // not a trailing surrogate so we're not a valid
+                // surrogate pair, so rewind to redecode u2 next time.
+                self.iter = old;
+                return Some(LoneSurrogate(u))
+            }
+
+            // all ok, so lets decode it.
+            let c = ((u - 0xD800) as u32 << 10 | (u2 - 0xDC00) as u32) + 0x1_0000;
+            Some(ScalarValue(unsafe {cast::transmute(c)}))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (uint, Option<uint>) {
+        let (low, high) = self.iter.size_hint();
+        // we could be entirely valid surrogates (2 elements per
+        // char), or entirely non-surrogates (1 element per char)
+        (low / 2, high)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Create an iterator over the UTF-16 encoded codepoints in `v`,
+/// returning invalid surrogates as `LoneSurrogate`s.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use std::str;
+/// use std::str::{ScalarValue, LoneSurrogate};
+///
+/// // 𝄞mus<invalid>ic<invalid>
+/// let v = [0xD834, 0xDD1E, 0x006d, 0x0075,
+///          0x0073, 0xDD1E, 0x0069, 0x0063,
+///          0xD834];
+///
+/// assert_eq!(str::utf16_items(v).collect::<~[_]>(),
+///            ~[ScalarValue('𝄞'),
+///              ScalarValue('m'), ScalarValue('u'), ScalarValue('s'),
+///              LoneSurrogate(0xDD1E),
+///              ScalarValue('i'), ScalarValue('c'),
+///              LoneSurrogate(0xD834)]);
+/// ```
+pub fn utf16_items<'a>(v: &'a [u16]) -> UTF16Items<'a> {
+    UTF16Items { iter : v.iter() }
+}
+
+/// Return a slice of `v` ending at (and not including) the first NUL
+/// (0).
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use std::str;
+///
+/// // "abcd"
+/// let mut v = ['a' as u16, 'b' as u16, 'c' as u16, 'd' as u16];
+/// // no NULs so no change
+/// assert_eq!(str::truncate_utf16_at_nul(v), v.as_slice());
+///
+/// // "ab\0d"
+/// v[2] = 0;
+/// assert_eq!(str::truncate_utf16_at_nul(v),
+///            &['a' as u16, 'b' as u16]);
+/// ```
+pub fn truncate_utf16_at_nul<'a>(v: &'a [u16]) -> &'a [u16] {
+    match v.iter().position(|c| *c == 0) {
+        // don't include the 0
+        Some(i) => v.slice_to(i),
+        None => v
+    }
+}
+
+// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3629
+static UTF8_CHAR_WIDTH: [u8, ..256] = [
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 0x1F
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 0x3F
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 0x5F
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
+1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, // 0x7F
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, // 0x9F
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, // 0xBF
+0,0,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
+2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2, // 0xDF
+3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3, // 0xEF
+4,4,4,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, // 0xFF
+];
+
+/// Given a first byte, determine how many bytes are in this UTF-8 character
+#[inline]
+pub fn utf8_char_width(b: u8) -> uint {
+    return UTF8_CHAR_WIDTH[b as uint] as uint;
+}
+
+/// Struct that contains a `char` and the index of the first byte of
+/// the next `char` in a string.  This can be used as a data structure
+/// for iterating over the UTF-8 bytes of a string.
+pub struct CharRange {
+    /// Current `char`
+    pub ch: char,
+    /// Index of the first byte of the next `char`
+    pub next: uint,
+}
+
+// Return the initial codepoint accumulator for the first byte.
+// The first byte is special, only want bottom 5 bits for width 2, 4 bits
+// for width 3, and 3 bits for width 4
+macro_rules! utf8_first_byte(
+    ($byte:expr, $width:expr) => (($byte & (0x7F >> $width)) as u32)
+)
+
+// return the value of $ch updated with continuation byte $byte
+macro_rules! utf8_acc_cont_byte(
+    ($ch:expr, $byte:expr) => (($ch << 6) | ($byte & 63u8) as u32)
+)
+
+static TAG_CONT_U8: u8 = 128u8;
+
+/// Unsafe operations
+pub mod raw {
+    use cast;
+    use container::Container;
+    use iter::Iterator;
+    use ptr::RawPtr;
+    use raw::Slice;
+    use slice::{ImmutableVector};
+    use str::{is_utf8, StrSlice};
+
+    /// Converts a slice of bytes to a string slice without checking
+    /// that the string contains valid UTF-8.
+    pub unsafe fn from_utf8<'a>(v: &'a [u8]) -> &'a str {
+        cast::transmute(v)
+    }
+
+    /// 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: *i8) -> &'static str {
+        let s = s as *u8;
+        let mut curr = s;
+        let mut len = 0u;
+        while *curr != 0u8 {
+            len += 1u;
+            curr = s.offset(len as int);
+        }
+        let v = Slice { data: s, len: len };
+        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.
+    #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn slice_bytes<'a>(s: &'a str, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'a str {
+        assert!(begin <= end);
+        assert!(end <= s.len());
+        slice_unchecked(s, begin, end)
+    }
+
+    /// Takes a bytewise (not UTF-8) slice from a string.
+    ///
+    /// Returns the substring from [`begin`..`end`).
+    ///
+    /// Caller must check slice boundaries!
+    #[inline]
+    pub unsafe fn slice_unchecked<'a>(s: &'a str, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'a str {
+        cast::transmute(Slice {
+                data: s.as_ptr().offset(begin as int),
+                len: end - begin,
+            })
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+Section: Trait implementations
+*/
+
+#[cfg(not(test))]
+#[allow(missing_doc)]
+pub mod traits {
+    use container::Container;
+    use cmp::{TotalOrd, Ordering, Less, Equal, Greater, Eq, Ord, Equiv, TotalEq};
+    use iter::Iterator;
+    use option::{Some, None};
+    use str::{Str, StrSlice, eq_slice};
+
+    impl<'a> TotalOrd for &'a str {
+        #[inline]
+        fn cmp(&self, other: & &'a str) -> Ordering {
+            for (s_b, o_b) in self.bytes().zip(other.bytes()) {
+                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<'a> Eq for &'a str {
+        #[inline]
+        fn eq(&self, other: & &'a str) -> bool {
+            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
+        }
+        #[inline]
+        fn ne(&self, other: & &'a str) -> bool { !(*self).eq(other) }
+    }
+
+    impl Eq for ~str {
+        #[inline]
+        fn eq(&self, other: &~str) -> bool {
+            eq_slice((*self), (*other))
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'a> TotalEq for &'a str {}
+
+    impl TotalEq for ~str {}
+
+    impl<'a> Ord for &'a str {
+        #[inline]
+        fn lt(&self, other: & &'a str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Less }
+    }
+
+    impl Ord for ~str {
+        #[inline]
+        fn lt(&self, other: &~str) -> bool { self.cmp(other) == Less }
+    }
+
+    impl<'a, S: Str> Equiv<S> for &'a str {
+        #[inline]
+        fn equiv(&self, other: &S) -> bool { eq_slice(*self, other.as_slice()) }
+    }
+
+    impl<'a, 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<'a> Str for &'a str {
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str { *self }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Str for ~str {
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str { let s: &'a str = *self; s }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Container for &'a str {
+    #[inline]
+    fn len(&self) -> uint {
+        self.repr().len
+    }
+}
+
+impl Container for ~str {
+    #[inline]
+    fn len(&self) -> uint { self.as_slice().len() }
+}
+
+/// Methods for string slices
+pub trait StrSlice<'a> {
+    /// Returns true if one string contains another
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - needle - The string to look for
+    fn contains<'a>(&self, needle: &'a str) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns true if a string contains a char.
+    ///
+    /// # Arguments
+    ///
+    /// - needle - The char to look for
+    fn contains_char(&self, needle: char) -> bool;
+
+    /// An iterator over the characters of `self`. Note, this iterates
+    /// over unicode code-points, not unicode graphemes.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[char] = "abc åäö".chars().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~['a', 'b', 'c', ' ', 'å', 'ä', 'ö']);
+    /// ```
+    fn chars(&self) -> Chars<'a>;
+
+    /// Do not use this - it is deprecated.
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .chars().rev()"]
+    fn chars_rev(&self) -> Rev<Chars<'a>>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the bytes of `self`
+    fn bytes(&self) -> Bytes<'a>;
+
+    /// Do not use this - it is deprecated.
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .bytes().rev()"]
+    fn bytes_rev(&self) -> Rev<Bytes<'a>>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the characters of `self` and their byte offsets.
+    fn char_indices(&self) -> CharOffsets<'a>;
+
+    /// Do not use this - it is deprecated.
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .char_indices().rev()"]
+    fn char_indices_rev(&self) -> Rev<CharOffsets<'a>>;
+
+    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
+    /// matched by `sep`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "Mary had a little lamb".split(' ').collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "abc1def2ghi".split(|c: char| c.is_digit()).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["abc", "def", "ghi"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "lionXXtigerXleopard".split('X').collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["lion", "", "tiger", "leopard"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn split<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> CharSplits<'a, Sep>;
+
+    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
+    /// matched by `sep`, restricted to splitting at most `count`
+    /// times.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "Mary had a little lambda".splitn(' ', 2).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["Mary", "had", "a little lambda"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "abc1def2ghi".splitn(|c: char| c.is_digit(), 1).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["abc", "def2ghi"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "lionXXtigerXleopard".splitn('X', 2).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["lion", "", "tigerXleopard"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn splitn<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint) -> CharSplitsN<'a, Sep>;
+
+    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
+    /// matched by `sep`.
+    ///
+    /// Equivalent to `split`, except that the trailing substring
+    /// is skipped if empty (terminator semantics).
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "A.B.".split_terminator('.').collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["A", "B"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "A..B..".split_terminator('.').collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["A", "", "B", ""]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "Mary had a little lamb".split(' ').rev().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["lamb", "little", "a", "had", "Mary"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "abc1def2ghi".split(|c: char| c.is_digit()).rev().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["ghi", "def", "abc"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "lionXXtigerXleopard".split('X').rev().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["leopard", "tiger", "", "lion"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn split_terminator<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> CharSplits<'a, Sep>;
+
+    /// Do not use this - it is deprecated.
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .split(sep).rev()"]
+    fn rsplit<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> Rev<CharSplits<'a, Sep>>;
+
+    /// An iterator over substrings of `self`, separated by characters
+    /// matched by `sep`, starting from the end of the string.
+    /// Restricted to splitting at most `count` times.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "Mary had a little lamb".rsplitn(' ', 2).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["lamb", "little", "Mary had a"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "abc1def2ghi".rsplitn(|c: char| c.is_digit(), 1).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["ghi", "abc1def"]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "lionXXtigerXleopard".rsplitn('X', 2).collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["leopard", "tiger", "lionX"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn rsplitn<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint) -> CharSplitsN<'a, Sep>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the start and end indices of the disjoint
+    /// matches of `sep` within `self`.
+    ///
+    /// That is, each returned value `(start, end)` satisfies
+    /// `self.slice(start, end) == sep`. For matches of `sep` within
+    /// `self` that overlap, only the indicies corresponding to the
+    /// first match are returned.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[(uint, uint)] = "abcXXXabcYYYabc".match_indices("abc").collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~[(0,3), (6,9), (12,15)]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[(uint, uint)] = "1abcabc2".match_indices("abc").collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~[(1,4), (4,7)]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[(uint, uint)] = "ababa".match_indices("aba").collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~[(0, 3)]); // only the first `aba`
+    /// ```
+    fn match_indices(&self, sep: &'a str) -> MatchIndices<'a>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the substrings of `self` separated by `sep`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "abcXXXabcYYYabc".split_str("abc").collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["", "XXX", "YYY", ""]);
+    ///
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = "1abcabc2".split_str("abc").collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["1", "", "2"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn split_str(&self, &'a str) -> StrSplits<'a>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the lines of a string (subsequences separated
+    /// by `\n`). This does not include the empty string after a
+    /// trailing `\n`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let four_lines = "foo\nbar\n\nbaz\n";
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = four_lines.lines().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn lines(&self) -> CharSplits<'a, char>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the lines of a string, separated by either
+    /// `\n` or `\r\n`. As with `.lines()`, this does not include an
+    /// empty trailing line.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let four_lines = "foo\r\nbar\n\r\nbaz\n";
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = four_lines.lines_any().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn lines_any(&self) -> AnyLines<'a>;
+
+    /// An iterator over the words of a string (subsequences separated
+    /// by any sequence of whitespace). Sequences of whitespace are
+    /// collapsed, so empty "words" are not included.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let some_words = " Mary   had\ta little  \n\t lamb";
+    /// let v: ~[&str] = some_words.words().collect();
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ~["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
+    /// ```
+    fn words(&self) -> Words<'a>;
+
+    /// Returns true if the string contains only whitespace.
+    ///
+    /// Whitespace characters are determined by `char::is_whitespace`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// assert!(" \t\n".is_whitespace());
+    /// assert!("".is_whitespace());
+    ///
+    /// assert!( !"abc".is_whitespace());
+    /// ```
+    fn is_whitespace(&self) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns true if the string contains only alphanumeric code
+    /// points.
+    ///
+    /// Alphanumeric characters are determined by `char::is_alphanumeric`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// assert!("Löwe老虎Léopard123".is_alphanumeric());
+    /// assert!("".is_alphanumeric());
+    ///
+    /// assert!( !" &*~".is_alphanumeric());
+    /// ```
+    fn is_alphanumeric(&self) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns the number of Unicode code points (`char`) that a
+    /// string holds.
+    ///
+    /// This does not perform any normalization, and is `O(n)`, since
+    /// UTF-8 is a variable width encoding of code points.
+    ///
+    /// *Warning*: The number of code points in a string does not directly
+    /// correspond to the number of visible characters or width of the
+    /// visible text due to composing characters, and double- and
+    /// zero-width ones.
+    ///
+    /// See also `.len()` for the byte length.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// // composed forms of `ö` and `é`
+    /// let c = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard"; // German, Simplified Chinese, French
+    /// // decomposed forms of `ö` and `é`
+    /// let d = "Lo\u0308we 老虎 Le\u0301opard";
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(c.char_len(), 15);
+    /// assert_eq!(d.char_len(), 17);
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(c.len(), 21);
+    /// assert_eq!(d.len(), 23);
+    ///
+    /// // the two strings *look* the same
+    /// println!("{}", c);
+    /// println!("{}", d);
+    /// ```
+    fn char_len(&self) -> uint;
+
+    /// Returns a slice of the given string from the byte range
+    /// [`begin`..`end`).
+    ///
+    /// This operation is `O(1)`.
+    ///
+    /// Fails when `begin` and `end` do not point to valid characters
+    /// or point beyond the last character of the string.
+    ///
+    /// See also `slice_to` and `slice_from` for slicing prefixes and
+    /// suffixes of strings, and `slice_chars` for slicing based on
+    /// code point counts.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    /// assert_eq!(s.slice(0, 1), "L");
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(s.slice(1, 9), "öwe 老");
+    ///
+    /// // these will fail:
+    /// // byte 2 lies within `ö`:
+    /// // s.slice(2, 3);
+    ///
+    /// // byte 8 lies within `老`
+    /// // s.slice(1, 8);
+    ///
+    /// // byte 100 is outside the string
+    /// // s.slice(3, 100);
+    /// ```
+    fn slice(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Returns a slice of the string from `begin` to its end.
+    ///
+    /// Equivalent to `self.slice(begin, self.len())`.
+    ///
+    /// Fails when `begin` does not point to a valid character, or is
+    /// out of bounds.
+    ///
+    /// See also `slice`, `slice_to` and `slice_chars`.
+    fn slice_from(&self, begin: uint) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Returns a slice of the string from the beginning to byte
+    /// `end`.
+    ///
+    /// Equivalent to `self.slice(0, end)`.
+    ///
+    /// Fails when `end` does not point to a valid character, or is
+    /// out of bounds.
+    ///
+    /// See also `slice`, `slice_from` and `slice_chars`.
+    fn slice_to(&self, end: uint) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Returns a slice of the string from the character range
+    /// [`begin`..`end`).
+    ///
+    /// That is, start at the `begin`-th code point of the string and
+    /// continue to the `end`-th code point. This does not detect or
+    /// handle edge cases such as leaving a combining character as the
+    /// first code point of the string.
+    ///
+    /// Due to the design of UTF-8, this operation is `O(end)`.
+    /// See `slice`, `slice_to` and `slice_from` for `O(1)`
+    /// variants that use byte indices rather than code point
+    /// indices.
+    ///
+    /// Fails if `begin` > `end` or the either `begin` or `end` are
+    /// beyond the last character of the string.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    /// assert_eq!(s.slice_chars(0, 4), "Löwe");
+    /// assert_eq!(s.slice_chars(5, 7), "老虎");
+    /// ```
+    fn slice_chars(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Returns true if `needle` is a prefix of the string.
+    fn starts_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns true if `needle` is a suffix of the string.
+    fn ends_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns a string with leading and trailing whitespace removed.
+    fn trim(&self) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Returns a string with leading whitespace removed.
+    fn trim_left(&self) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Returns a string with trailing whitespace removed.
+    fn trim_right(&self) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// 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")
+    /// ```
+    fn trim_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: C) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// 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")
+    /// ```
+    fn trim_left_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: C) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// 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")
+    /// ```
+    fn trim_right_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, to_trim: C) -> &'a str;
+
+    /// Check that `index`-th byte lies at the start and/or end of a
+    /// UTF-8 code point sequence.
+    ///
+    /// The start and end of the string (when `index == self.len()`)
+    /// are considered to be boundaries.
+    ///
+    /// Fails if `index` is greater than `self.len()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    /// assert!(s.is_char_boundary(0));
+    /// // start of `老`
+    /// assert!(s.is_char_boundary(6));
+    /// assert!(s.is_char_boundary(s.len()));
+    ///
+    /// // second byte of `ö`
+    /// assert!(!s.is_char_boundary(2));
+    ///
+    /// // third byte of `老`
+    /// assert!(!s.is_char_boundary(8));
+    /// ```
+    fn is_char_boundary(&self, index: uint) -> bool;
+
+    /// 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
+    ///
+    /// This example manually iterate through the characters of a
+    /// string; this should normally by done by `.chars()` or
+    /// `.char_indices`.
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use std::str::CharRange;
+    ///
+    /// let s = "中华Việt Nam";
+    /// let mut i = 0u;
+    /// while i < s.len() {
+    ///     let CharRange {ch, next} = s.char_range_at(i);
+    ///     println!("{}: {}", i, ch);
+    ///     i = next;
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// ## Output
+    ///
+    /// ```ignore
+    /// 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, start: uint) -> CharRange;
+
+    /// 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;
+
+    /// Plucks the character starting at the `i`th byte of a string
+    fn char_at(&self, i: uint) -> char;
+
+    /// Plucks the character ending at the `i`th byte of a string
+    fn char_at_reverse(&self, i: uint) -> char;
+
+    /// Work with the byte buffer of a string as a byte slice.
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> &'a [u8];
+
+    /// 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
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(s.find('L'), Some(0));
+    /// assert_eq!(s.find('é'), Some(14));
+    ///
+    /// // the first space
+    /// assert_eq!(s.find(|c: char| c.is_whitespace()), Some(5));
+    ///
+    /// // neither are found
+    /// assert_eq!(s.find(&['1', '2']), None);
+    /// ```
+    fn find<C: CharEq>(&self, search: C) -> Option<uint>;
+
+    /// 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.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(s.rfind('L'), Some(13));
+    /// assert_eq!(s.rfind('é'), Some(14));
+    ///
+    /// // the second space
+    /// assert_eq!(s.rfind(|c: char| c.is_whitespace()), Some(12));
+    ///
+    /// // searches for an occurrence of either `1` or `2`, but neither are found
+    /// assert_eq!(s.rfind(&['1', '2']), None);
+    /// ```
+    fn rfind<C: CharEq>(&self, search: C) -> Option<uint>;
+
+    /// 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.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(s.find_str("老虎 L"), Some(6));
+    /// assert_eq!(s.find_str("muffin man"), None);
+    /// ```
+    fn find_str(&self, &str) -> Option<uint>;
+
+    /// 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. If the string does not contain any characters,
+    /// a tuple of None and an empty string is returned instead.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// let s = "Löwe 老虎 Léopard";
+    /// let (c, s1) = s.slice_shift_char();
+    /// assert_eq!(c, Some('L'));
+    /// assert_eq!(s1, "öwe 老虎 Léopard");
+    ///
+    /// let (c, s2) = s1.slice_shift_char();
+    /// assert_eq!(c, Some('ö'));
+    /// assert_eq!(s2, "we 老虎 Léopard");
+    /// ```
+    fn slice_shift_char(&self) -> (Option<char>, &'a str);
+
+    /// 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 lines: ~[&str] = string.lines().collect();
+    ///
+    /// assert!(string.subslice_offset(lines[0]) == 0); // &"a"
+    /// assert!(string.subslice_offset(lines[1]) == 2); // &"b"
+    /// assert!(string.subslice_offset(lines[2]) == 4); // &"c"
+    /// ```
+    fn subslice_offset(&self, inner: &str) -> uint;
+
+    /// Return an unsafe pointer to the strings buffer.
+    ///
+    /// The caller must ensure that the string outlives this pointer,
+    /// and that it is not reallocated (e.g. by pushing to the
+    /// string).
+    fn as_ptr(&self) -> *u8;
+}
+
+impl<'a> StrSlice<'a> for &'a str {
+    #[inline]
+    fn contains<'a>(&self, needle: &'a str) -> bool {
+        self.find_str(needle).is_some()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn contains_char(&self, needle: char) -> bool {
+        self.find(needle).is_some()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn chars(&self) -> Chars<'a> {
+        Chars{string: *self}
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .chars().rev()"]
+    fn chars_rev(&self) -> RevChars<'a> {
+        self.chars().rev()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn bytes(&self) -> Bytes<'a> {
+        self.as_bytes().iter().map(|&b| b)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .bytes().rev()"]
+    fn bytes_rev(&self) -> RevBytes<'a> {
+        self.bytes().rev()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn char_indices(&self) -> CharOffsets<'a> {
+        CharOffsets{string: *self, iter: self.chars()}
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .char_indices().rev()"]
+    fn char_indices_rev(&self) -> RevCharOffsets<'a> {
+        self.char_indices().rev()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn split<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> CharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+        CharSplits {
+            string: *self,
+            only_ascii: sep.only_ascii(),
+            sep: sep,
+            allow_trailing_empty: true,
+            finished: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn splitn<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint)
+        -> CharSplitsN<'a, Sep> {
+        CharSplitsN {
+            iter: self.split(sep),
+            count: count,
+            invert: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn split_terminator<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep)
+        -> CharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+        CharSplits {
+            allow_trailing_empty: false,
+            ..self.split(sep)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    #[deprecated = "replaced by .split(sep).rev()"]
+    fn rsplit<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep) -> RevCharSplits<'a, Sep> {
+        self.split(sep).rev()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn rsplitn<Sep: CharEq>(&self, sep: Sep, count: uint)
+        -> CharSplitsN<'a, Sep> {
+        CharSplitsN {
+            iter: self.split(sep),
+            count: count,
+            invert: true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn match_indices(&self, sep: &'a str) -> MatchIndices<'a> {
+        assert!(!sep.is_empty())
+        MatchIndices {
+            haystack: *self,
+            needle: sep,
+            position: 0
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn split_str(&self, sep: &'a str) -> StrSplits<'a> {
+        StrSplits {
+            it: self.match_indices(sep),
+            last_end: 0,
+            finished: false
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn lines(&self) -> CharSplits<'a, char> {
+        self.split_terminator('\n')
+    }
+
+    fn lines_any(&self) -> AnyLines<'a> {
+        self.lines().map(|line| {
+            let l = line.len();
+            if l > 0 && line[l - 1] == '\r' as u8 { line.slice(0, l - 1) }
+            else { line }
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn words(&self) -> Words<'a> {
+        self.split(char::is_whitespace).filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_whitespace(&self) -> bool { self.chars().all(char::is_whitespace) }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_alphanumeric(&self) -> bool { self.chars().all(char::is_alphanumeric) }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn char_len(&self) -> uint { self.chars().len() }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'a str {
+        assert!(self.is_char_boundary(begin) && self.is_char_boundary(end));
+        unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, begin, end) }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice_from(&self, begin: uint) -> &'a str {
+        self.slice(begin, self.len())
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice_to(&self, end: uint) -> &'a str {
+        assert!(self.is_char_boundary(end));
+        unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, 0, end) }
+    }
+
+    fn slice_chars(&self, begin: uint, end: uint) -> &'a str {
+        assert!(begin <= end);
+        let mut count = 0;
+        let mut begin_byte = None;
+        let mut end_byte = None;
+
+        // This could be even more efficient by not decoding,
+        // only finding the char boundaries
+        for (idx, _) in self.char_indices() {
+            if count == begin { begin_byte = Some(idx); }
+            if count == end { end_byte = Some(idx); break; }
+            count += 1;
+        }
+        if begin_byte.is_none() && count == begin { begin_byte = Some(self.len()) }
+        if end_byte.is_none() && count == end { end_byte = Some(self.len()) }
+
+        match (begin_byte, end_byte) {
+            (None, _) => fail!("slice_chars: `begin` is beyond end of string"),
+            (_, None) => fail!("slice_chars: `end` is beyond end of string"),
+            (Some(a), Some(b)) => unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, a, b) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn starts_with<'a>(&self, needle: &'a str) -> bool {
+        let n = needle.len();
+        self.len() >= n && needle.as_bytes() == self.as_bytes().slice_to(n)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn ends_with(&self, needle: &str) -> bool {
+        let (m, n) = (self.len(), needle.len());
+        m >= n && needle.as_bytes() == self.as_bytes().slice_from(m - n)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn trim(&self) -> &'a str {
+        self.trim_left().trim_right()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn trim_left(&self) -> &'a str {
+        self.trim_left_chars(char::is_whitespace)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn trim_right(&self) -> &'a str {
+        self.trim_right_chars(char::is_whitespace)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn trim_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, mut to_trim: C) -> &'a str {
+        let cur = match self.find(|c: char| !to_trim.matches(c)) {
+            None => "",
+            Some(i) => unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, i, self.len()) }
+        };
+        match cur.rfind(|c: char| !to_trim.matches(c)) {
+            None => "",
+            Some(i) => {
+                let right = cur.char_range_at(i).next;
+                unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(cur, 0, right) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn trim_left_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, mut to_trim: C) -> &'a str {
+        match self.find(|c: char| !to_trim.matches(c)) {
+            None => "",
+            Some(first) => unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, first, self.len()) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn trim_right_chars<C: CharEq>(&self, mut to_trim: C) -> &'a 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) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_char_boundary(&self, index: uint) -> bool {
+        if index == self.len() { return true; }
+        let b = self[index];
+        return b < 128u8 || b >= 192u8;
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn char_range_at(&self, i: uint) -> CharRange {
+        if self[i] < 128u8 {
+            return CharRange {ch: self[i] as char, next: i + 1 };
+        }
+
+        // Multibyte case is a fn to allow char_range_at to inline cleanly
+        fn multibyte_char_range_at(s: &str, i: uint) -> CharRange {
+            let mut val = s[i] as u32;
+            let w = UTF8_CHAR_WIDTH[val as uint] as uint;
+            assert!((w != 0));
+
+            val = utf8_first_byte!(val, w);
+            val = utf8_acc_cont_byte!(val, s[i + 1]);
+            if w > 2 { val = utf8_acc_cont_byte!(val, s[i + 2]); }
+            if w > 3 { val = utf8_acc_cont_byte!(val, s[i + 3]); }
+
+            return CharRange {ch: unsafe { transmute(val) }, next: i + w};
+        }
+
+        return multibyte_char_range_at(*self, i);
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn char_range_at_reverse(&self, start: uint) -> CharRange {
+        let mut prev = start;
+
+        prev = prev.saturating_sub(1);
+        if self[prev] < 128 { return CharRange{ch: self[prev] as char, next: prev} }
+
+        // Multibyte case is a fn to allow char_range_at_reverse to inline cleanly
+        fn multibyte_char_range_at_reverse(s: &str, mut i: uint) -> CharRange {
+            // while there is a previous byte == 10......
+            while i > 0 && s[i] & 192u8 == TAG_CONT_U8 {
+                i -= 1u;
+            }
+
+            let mut val = s[i] as u32;
+            let w = UTF8_CHAR_WIDTH[val as uint] as uint;
+            assert!((w != 0));
+
+            val = utf8_first_byte!(val, w);
+            val = utf8_acc_cont_byte!(val, s[i + 1]);
+            if w > 2 { val = utf8_acc_cont_byte!(val, s[i + 2]); }
+            if w > 3 { val = utf8_acc_cont_byte!(val, s[i + 3]); }
+
+            return CharRange {ch: unsafe { transmute(val) }, next: i};
+        }
+
+        return multibyte_char_range_at_reverse(*self, prev);
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn char_at(&self, i: uint) -> char {
+        self.char_range_at(i).ch
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn char_at_reverse(&self, i: uint) -> char {
+        self.char_range_at_reverse(i).ch
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> &'a [u8] {
+        unsafe { cast::transmute(*self) }
+    }
+
+    fn find<C: CharEq>(&self, mut search: C) -> Option<uint> {
+        if search.only_ascii() {
+            self.bytes().position(|b| search.matches(b as char))
+        } else {
+            for (index, c) in self.char_indices() {
+                if search.matches(c) { return Some(index); }
+            }
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn rfind<C: CharEq>(&self, mut search: C) -> Option<uint> {
+        if search.only_ascii() {
+            self.bytes().rposition(|b| search.matches(b as char))
+        } else {
+            for (index, c) in self.char_indices().rev() {
+                if search.matches(c) { return Some(index); }
+            }
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn find_str(&self, needle: &str) -> Option<uint> {
+        if needle.is_empty() {
+            Some(0)
+        } else {
+            self.match_indices(needle)
+                .next()
+                .map(|(start, _end)| start)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn slice_shift_char(&self) -> (Option<char>, &'a str) {
+        if self.is_empty() {
+            return (None, *self);
+        } else {
+            let CharRange {ch, next} = self.char_range_at(0u);
+            let next_s = unsafe { raw::slice_bytes(*self, next, self.len()) };
+            return (Some(ch), next_s);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn subslice_offset(&self, inner: &str) -> uint {
+        let a_start = self.as_ptr() as uint;
+        let a_end = a_start + self.len();
+        let b_start = inner.as_ptr() as uint;
+        let b_end = b_start + inner.len();
+
+        assert!(a_start <= b_start);
+        assert!(b_end <= a_end);
+        b_start - a_start
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_ptr(&self) -> *u8 {
+        self.repr().data
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Default for &'a str {
+    fn default() -> &'a str { "" }
+}