add runnableExamples for prepareStrMutation (#17227)

* Update lib/system.nim

Co-authored-by: Timothee Cour <timothee.cour2@gmail.com>
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flywind
2021-03-02 19:52:07 +08:00
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commit dfa0a6b4a6
2 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -3124,5 +3124,12 @@ when not defined(createNimHcr) and not defined(nimscript):
when notJSnotNims and not defined(nimSeqsV2):
proc prepareStrMutation*(s: var string) {.inline.} =
## String literals (e.g. "abc", etc) in the ARC/ORC mode are "copy on write",
## therefore you should call `prepareStrMutation` before modifying the strings.
## therefore you should call `prepareStrMutation` before modifying the strings
## via `addr`.
runnableExamples("--gc:arc"):
var x = "abc"
var y = "defgh"
prepareStrMutation(y) # without this, you may get a `SIGBUS` or `SIGSEGV`
moveMem(addr y[0], addr x[0], x.len)
assert y == "abcgh"
discard

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@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ proc nimPrepareStrMutationV2(s: var NimStringV2) {.compilerRtl, inline.} =
proc prepareStrMutation*(s: var string) {.inline.} =
# string literals are "copy on write", so you need to call
# `prepareStrMutation` before modifying the strings.
# `prepareStrMutation` before modifying the strings via `addr`.
{.cast(noSideEffect).}:
let s = unsafeAddr s
nimPrepareStrMutationV2(cast[ptr NimStringV2](s)[])