Fast path for string.replace that replaces a single character by a string.

src/heap.cc

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   cons_string->set_second(second, mode);
   return result;
 }
 
 
 MaybeObject* Heap::AllocateSubString(String* buffer,
                                      int start,
                                      int end,
                                      PretenureFlag pretenure) {
   int length = end - start;
-  if (length == 0) {
+  if (length <= 0) {
     return empty_string();
   } else if (length == 1) {
     return LookupSingleCharacterStringFromCode(buffer->Get(start));
   } else if (length == 2) {
     // Optimization for 2-byte strings often used as keys in a decompression
     // dictionary.  Check whether we already have the string in the symbol
     // table to prevent creation of many unneccesary strings.
     unsigned c1 = buffer->Get(start);
     unsigned c2 = buffer->Get(start + 1);
     return MakeOrFindTwoCharacterString(this, c1, c2);
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   isolate_->heap()->store_buffer()->Compact();
   isolate_->heap()->store_buffer()->Filter(MemoryChunk::ABOUT_TO_BE_FREED);
   for (chunk = chunks_queued_for_free_; chunk != NULL; chunk = next) {
     next = chunk->next_chunk();
     isolate_->memory_allocator()->Free(chunk);
   }
   chunks_queued_for_free_ = NULL;
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal