From 8d307394092b6aa39fcd0304ae344ac38dcf26e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bluss <bluss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 23:52:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add .as_slice(), .as_mut_slice(), .as_str()

Vec and String now have these, so we do too to follow convention.
---
 src/array_string.rs |  5 +++++
 src/lib.rs          | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/array_string.rs b/src/array_string.rs
index a6410c2..2c5f422 100644
--- a/src/array_string.rs
+++ b/src/array_string.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ impl<A: Array<Item=u8>> ArrayString<A> {
         debug_assert!(length <= self.capacity());
         self.len = Index::from(length);
     }
+
+    /// Return a string slice of the whole `ArrayString`.
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl<A: Array<Item=u8>> Deref for ArrayString<A> {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 11c710a..3c9305f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -395,6 +395,16 @@ impl<A: Array> ArrayVec<A> {
         self.clear();
         mem::forget(self);
     }
+
+    /// Return a slice containing all elements of the vector.
+    pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[A::Item] {
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Return a mutable slice containing all elements of the vector.
+    pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [A::Item] {
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl<A: Array> Deref for ArrayVec<A> {