Tentative implementation of string slices (hidden under the flag --string-slices).

src/objects-inl.h

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 // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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   // Because the symbol tag is non-zero and no non-string types have the
   // symbol bit set we can test for symbols with a very simple test
   // operation.
   ASSERT(kSymbolTag != 0);
   ASSERT(kNotStringTag + kIsSymbolMask > LAST_TYPE);
   return (type & kIsSymbolMask) != 0;
 }
 
 
 bool Object::IsConsString() {
-  if (!this->IsHeapObject()) return false;
-  uint32_t type = HeapObject::cast(this)->map()->instance_type();
-  return (type & (kIsNotStringMask | kStringRepresentationMask)) ==
-         (kStringTag | kConsStringTag);
+  if (!IsString()) return false;
+    return StringShape(String::cast(this)).IsCons();
 }
 
 
+bool Object::IsSlicedString() {
+  if (!IsString()) return false;
+  return StringShape(String::cast(this)).IsSliced();
+}
+
+
 bool Object::IsSeqString() {
   if (!IsString()) return false;
   return StringShape(String::cast(this)).IsSequential();
 }
 
 
 bool Object::IsSeqAsciiString() {
   if (!IsString()) return false;
   return StringShape(String::cast(this)).IsSequential() &&
          String::cast(this)->IsAsciiRepresentation();
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   return (type & kStringEncodingMask) == kAsciiStringTag ||
          (type & kAsciiDataHintMask) == kAsciiDataHintTag;
 }
 
 
 bool StringShape::IsCons() {
   return (type_ & kStringRepresentationMask) == kConsStringTag;
 }
 
 
+bool StringShape::IsSliced() {
+  return (type_ & kStringRepresentationMask) == kSlicedStringTag;
+}
+
+
 bool StringShape::IsExternal() {
   return (type_ & kStringRepresentationMask) == kExternalStringTag;
 }
 
 
 bool StringShape::IsSequential() {
   return (type_ & kStringRepresentationMask) == kSeqStringTag;
 }
 
 
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 CAST_ACCESSOR(JSFunctionResultCache)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(NormalizedMapCache)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(CompilationCacheTable)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(CodeCacheHashTable)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(PolymorphicCodeCacheHashTable)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(MapCache)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(String)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(SeqString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(SeqAsciiString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(SeqTwoByteString)
+CAST_ACCESSOR(SlicedString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ConsString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ExternalString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ExternalAsciiString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ExternalTwoByteString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(JSReceiver)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(JSObject)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(Smi)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(HeapObject)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(HeapNumber)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(Oddball)
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       return SeqAsciiString::cast(this)->SeqAsciiStringGet(index);
     case kSeqStringTag | kTwoByteStringTag:
       return SeqTwoByteString::cast(this)->SeqTwoByteStringGet(index);
     case kConsStringTag | kAsciiStringTag:
     case kConsStringTag | kTwoByteStringTag:
       return ConsString::cast(this)->ConsStringGet(index);
     case kExternalStringTag | kAsciiStringTag:
       return ExternalAsciiString::cast(this)->ExternalAsciiStringGet(index);
     case kExternalStringTag | kTwoByteStringTag:
       return ExternalTwoByteString::cast(this)->ExternalTwoByteStringGet(index);
+    case kSlicedStringTag | kAsciiStringTag:
+    case kSlicedStringTag | kTwoByteStringTag:
+      return SlicedString::cast(this)->SlicedStringGet(index);
     default:
       break;
   }
 
   UNREACHABLE();
   return 0;
 }
 
 
 void String::Set(int index, uint16_t value) {
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 int SeqTwoByteString::SeqTwoByteStringSize(InstanceType instance_type) {
   return SizeFor(length());
 }
 
 
 int SeqAsciiString::SeqAsciiStringSize(InstanceType instance_type) {
   return SizeFor(length());
 }
 
 
+String* SlicedString::parent() {
+  return String::cast(READ_FIELD(this, kParentOffset));
+}
+
+
+void SlicedString::set_parent(String* parent) {
+  ASSERT(parent->IsSeqString());
+  WRITE_FIELD(this, kParentOffset, parent);
+}
+
+
+SMI_ACCESSORS(SlicedString, offset, kOffsetOffset)
+
+
 String* ConsString::first() {
   return String::cast(READ_FIELD(this, kFirstOffset));
 }
 
 
 Object* ConsString::unchecked_first() {
   return READ_FIELD(this, kFirstOffset);
 }
 
 
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 #undef WRITE_INT_FIELD
 #undef READ_SHORT_FIELD
 #undef WRITE_SHORT_FIELD
 #undef READ_BYTE_FIELD
 #undef WRITE_BYTE_FIELD
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_OBJECTS_INL_H_