From 7fb220d1e8cbc6cc67b5b12602d4ac0305e693be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek Sieka <jacek@status.im>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:23:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] assign2: string support (#81)

---
 stew/assign2.nim       | 4 ++++
 tests/test_assign2.nim | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/stew/assign2.nim b/stew/assign2.nim
index 0ebf181..6ab460d 100644
--- a/stew/assign2.nim
+++ b/stew/assign2.nim
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ func assign*[T](tgt: var seq[T], src: openArray[T]) =
   tgt.setLen(src.len)
   assignImpl(tgt.toOpenArray(0, tgt.high), src)
 
+func assign*(tgt: var string, src: string) =
+  tgt.setLen(src.len)
+  assignImpl(tgt.toOpenArrayByte(0, tgt.high), src.toOpenArrayByte(0, tgt.high))
+
 macro unsupported(T: typed): untyped =
   error "Assignment of the type " & humaneTypeName(T) & " is not supported"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_assign2.nim b/tests/test_assign2.nim
index dddbe13..f5ebe26 100644
--- a/tests/test_assign2.nim
+++ b/tests/test_assign2.nim
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ suite "assign2":
       a = 5
       b = [2, 3]
       c = @[5, 6]
+      d = "hello"
 
     assign(c, b)
     check: c == b
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ suite "assign2":
     assign(c.toOpenArray(0, 1), [2, 2])
     check: c == [2, 2]
 
+    assign(d, "there!")
+    check: d == "there!"
+
     var
       dis = X(53)