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

src/arm/regexp-macro-assembler-arm.cc

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   // If not real stack overflow the stack guard was used to interrupt
   // execution for another purpose.
 
   // If this is a direct call from JavaScript retry the RegExp forcing the call
   // through the runtime system. Currently the direct call cannot handle a GC.
   if (frame_entry<int>(re_frame, kDirectCall) == 1) {
     return RETRY;
   }
 
   // Prepare for possible GC.
-  HandleScope handles;
+  HandleScope handles(isolate);
   Handle<Code> code_handle(re_code);
 
   Handle<String> subject(frame_entry<String*>(re_frame, kInputString));
+
   // Current string.
-  bool is_ascii = subject->IsAsciiRepresentation();
+  bool is_ascii = subject->IsAsciiRepresentationUnderneath();
 
   ASSERT(re_code->instruction_start() <= *return_address);
   ASSERT(*return_address <=
       re_code->instruction_start() + re_code->instruction_size());
 
   MaybeObject* result = Execution::HandleStackGuardInterrupt();
 
   if (*code_handle != re_code) {  // Return address no longer valid
     int delta = *code_handle - re_code;
     // Overwrite the return address on the stack.
     *return_address += delta;
   }
 
   if (result->IsException()) {
     return EXCEPTION;
   }
 
+  Handle<String> subject_tmp = subject;
+  int slice_offset = 0;
+
+  // Extract the underlying string and the slice offset.
+  if (StringShape(*subject_tmp).IsCons()) {
+    subject_tmp = Handle<String>(ConsString::cast(*subject_tmp)->first());
+  } else if (StringShape(*subject_tmp).IsSliced()) {
+    SlicedString* slice = SlicedString::cast(*subject_tmp);
+    subject_tmp = Handle<String>(slice->parent());
+    slice_offset = slice->offset();
+  }
+
   // String might have changed.
-  if (subject->IsAsciiRepresentation() != is_ascii) {
+  if (subject_tmp->IsAsciiRepresentation() != is_ascii) {
     // If we changed between an ASCII and an UC16 string, the specialized
     // code cannot be used, and we need to restart regexp matching from
     // scratch (including, potentially, compiling a new version of the code).
     return RETRY;
   }
 
   // Otherwise, the content of the string might have moved. It must still
   // be a sequential or external string with the same content.
   // Update the start and end pointers in the stack frame to the current
   // location (whether it has actually moved or not).
-  ASSERT(StringShape(*subject).IsSequential() ||
-      StringShape(*subject).IsExternal());
+  ASSERT(StringShape(*subject_tmp).IsSequential() ||
+      StringShape(*subject_tmp).IsExternal());
 
   // The original start address of the characters to match.
   const byte* start_address = frame_entry<const byte*>(re_frame, kInputStart);
 
   // Find the current start address of the same character at the current string
   // position.
   int start_index = frame_entry<int>(re_frame, kStartIndex);
-  const byte* new_address = StringCharacterPosition(*subject, start_index);
+  const byte* new_address = StringCharacterPosition(*subject_tmp,
+                                                    start_index + slice_offset);
 
   if (start_address != new_address) {
     // If there is a difference, update the object pointer and start and end
     // addresses in the RegExp stack frame to match the new value.
     const byte* end_address = frame_entry<const byte* >(re_frame, kInputEnd);
-    int byte_length = end_address - start_address;
+    int byte_length = static_cast<int>(end_address - start_address);
     frame_entry<const String*>(re_frame, kInputString) = *subject;
     frame_entry<const byte*>(re_frame, kInputStart) = new_address;
     frame_entry<const byte*>(re_frame, kInputEnd) = new_address + byte_length;
   }
 
   return 0;
 }
 
 
 MemOperand RegExpMacroAssemblerARM::register_location(int register_index) {
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   __ ldr(pc, MemOperand(sp, stack_alignment, PostIndex));
 }
 
 #undef __
 
 #endif  // V8_INTERPRETED_REGEXP
 
 }}  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_TARGET_ARCH_ARM