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

src/objects-inl.h

Index: src/objects-inl.h
diff --git a/src/objects-inl.h b/src/objects-inl.h
index 53a3183694cbfdfc87f16524888036e27d434d14..a9caf4ebac1819a0e75abde2ee6c79811737e3fb 100644
--- a/src/objects-inl.h
+++ b/src/objects-inl.h
@@ -177,10 +177,14 @@ bool Object::IsSymbol() {
 
 
 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();
 }
 
 
@@ -280,6 +284,16 @@ bool StringShape::IsCons() {
 }
 
 
+bool StringShape::IsSliced() {
+  return (type_ & kStringRepresentationMask) == kSlicedStringTag;
+}
+
+
+bool StringShape::IsIndirect() {
+  return (type_ & kIsIndirectStringMask) == kIsIndirectStringTag;
+}
+
+
 bool StringShape::IsExternal() {
   return (type_ & kStringRepresentationMask) == kExternalStringTag;
 }
@@ -2041,6 +2055,7 @@ CAST_ACCESSOR(String)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(SeqString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(SeqAsciiString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(SeqTwoByteString)
+CAST_ACCESSOR(SlicedString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ConsString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ExternalString)
 CAST_ACCESSOR(ExternalAsciiString)
@@ -2127,7 +2142,7 @@ bool String::Equals(String* other) {
 MaybeObject* String::TryFlatten(PretenureFlag pretenure) {
   if (!StringShape(this).IsCons()) return this;
   ConsString* cons = ConsString::cast(this);
-  if (cons->second()->length() == 0) return cons->first();
+  if (cons->IsFlat()) return cons->first();
   return SlowTryFlatten(pretenure);
 }
 
@@ -2135,10 +2150,8 @@ MaybeObject* String::TryFlatten(PretenureFlag pretenure) {
 String* String::TryFlattenGetString(PretenureFlag pretenure) {
   MaybeObject* flat = TryFlatten(pretenure);
   Object* successfully_flattened;
-  if (flat->ToObject(&successfully_flattened)) {
-    return String::cast(successfully_flattened);
-  }
-  return this;
+  if (!flat->ToObject(&successfully_flattened)) return this;
+  return String::cast(successfully_flattened);
 }
 
 
@@ -2156,6 +2169,9 @@ uint16_t String::Get(int index) {
       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;
   }
@@ -2176,15 +2192,18 @@ void String::Set(int index, uint16_t value) {
 
 
 bool String::IsFlat() {
-  switch (StringShape(this).representation_tag()) {
-    case kConsStringTag: {
-      String* second = ConsString::cast(this)->second();
-      // Only flattened strings have second part empty.
-      return second->length() == 0;
-    }
-    default:
-      return true;
-  }
+  if (!StringShape(this).IsCons()) return true;
+  return ConsString::cast(this)->second() == GetHeap()->empty_string();
+}
+
+
+String* String::GetIndirect() {
+  STATIC_ASSERT(ConsString::kFirstOffset == SlicedString::kParentOffset);
+  // Giving direct access to underlying string only makes sense if the
+  // wrapping string is already flattened.
+  ASSERT(this->IsFlat());
+  ASSERT(StringShape(this).IsIndirect());
+  return String::cast(reinterpret_cast<ConsString*>(this)->first());
 }
 
 
@@ -2243,6 +2262,20 @@ int SeqAsciiString::SeqAsciiStringSize(InstanceType instance_type) {
 }
 
 
+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));
 }