From 9232425b8f68e84d192c9c77ca0c3b7b2547d195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ssmid <43345275+ssmid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:06:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] single pointer slice syntax added

---
 doc/langref.html.in                      |  1 +
 doc/langref/test_single_item_pointer.zig | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/langref.html.in b/doc/langref.html.in
index ca13fae095..add68ad082 100644
--- a/doc/langref.html.in
+++ b/doc/langref.html.in
@@ -1935,6 +1935,7 @@ or
           <li>{#syntax#}*T{#endsyntax#} - single-item pointer to exactly one item.
             <ul>
               <li>Supports deref syntax: {#syntax#}ptr.*{#endsyntax#}</li>
+              <li>Supports slice syntax: {#syntax#}ptr[0..1]{#endsyntax#}</li>
               <li>Supports pointer subtraction: {#syntax#}ptr - ptr{#endsyntax#}</li>
             </ul>
           </li>
diff --git a/doc/langref/test_single_item_pointer.zig b/doc/langref/test_single_item_pointer.zig
index aa8ae8d609..79252b1fa0 100644
--- a/doc/langref/test_single_item_pointer.zig
+++ b/doc/langref/test_single_item_pointer.zig
@@ -32,4 +32,18 @@ test "pointer array access" {
     try expect(array[2] == 4);
 }
 
+test "slice syntax" {
+    // Get a pointer to a variable:
+    var x: i32 = 1234;
+    const x_ptr = &x;
+
+    // Convert to array pointer using slice syntax:
+    const x_array_ptr = x_ptr[0..1];
+    try expect(@TypeOf(x_array_ptr) == *[1]i32);
+
+    // Coerce to many-item pointer:
+    const x_many_ptr: [*]i32 = x_array_ptr;
+    try expect(x_many_ptr[0] == 1234);
+}
+
 // test