From 27fdc5fe33cff3ba0ad33d055a07d060b0682250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clay Sweetser <clay.sweetser@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 16:25:13 -0400
Subject: Fixes #542

---
 lib/system.nim | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 0cd1f77df..88f6be864 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2663,6 +2663,8 @@ when hostOS != "standalone":
 proc `[]`*[Idx, T](a: array[Idx, T], x: TSlice[int]): seq[T] =
   ## slice operation for arrays. Negative indexes are **not** supported
   ## because the array might have negative bounds.
+  when low(a) < 0:
+    {.error: "Slicing for arrays with negative indices is unsupported.".}
   var L = x.b - x.a + 1
   newSeq(result, L)
   for i in 0.. <L: result[i] = a[i + x.a]
@@ -2670,6 +2672,8 @@ proc `[]`*[Idx, T](a: array[Idx, T], x: TSlice[int]): seq[T] =
 proc `[]=`*[Idx, T](a: var array[Idx, T], x: TSlice[int], b: openArray[T]) =
   ## slice assignment for arrays. Negative indexes are **not** supported
   ## because the array might have negative bounds.
+  when low(a) < 0:
+    {.error: "Slicing for arrays with negative indices is unsupported.".}
   var L = x.b - x.a + 1
   if L == b.len:
     for i in 0 .. <L: a[i+x.a] = b[i]
-- 
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