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Add docs about slicing slices at the ends
Closes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/60783
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@ -862,6 +862,27 @@ mod prim_array {}
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/// assert_eq!(x, &[1, 7, 3]);
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/// ```
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///
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/// It is possible to slice empty subranges of slices by using empty ranges (including `slice.len()..slice.len()`):
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/// ```
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/// let x = [1, 2, 3];
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/// let empty = &x[0..0]; // subslice before the first element
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/// assert_eq!(empty, &[]);
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/// let empty = &x[..0]; // same as &x[0..0]
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/// assert_eq!(empty, &[]);
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/// let empty = &x[1..1]; // empty subslice in the middle
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/// assert_eq!(empty, &[]);
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/// let empty = &x[3..3]; // subslice after the last element
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/// assert_eq!(empty, &[]);
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/// let empty = &x[3..]; // same as &x[3..3]
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/// assert_eq!(empty, &[]);
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/// ```
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///
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/// It is not allowed to use subranges that start with lower bound bigger than `slice.len()`:
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/// ```should_panic
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/// let x = vec![1, 2, 3];
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/// let _ = &x[4..4];
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/// ```
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///
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/// As slices store the length of the sequence they refer to, they have twice
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/// the size of pointers to [`Sized`](marker/trait.Sized.html) types.
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/// Also see the reference on
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