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+void test_chars () {
+	char* s = "foo";
+	char* begin = s;
+	char* end = begin + 2;
+
+	assert (begin[0] == 'f');
+	assert (end[0] == 'o');
+}
+
+void test_strings () {
+	string s = "foo";
+	string* begin = s;
+	string* end = begin + s.length - 1;
+
+	assert (((char*) begin)[0] == 'f');
+	assert (((char*) end)[0] == 'o');
+}
+
+void main () {
+	test_chars ();
+	test_strings ();
+}