From 093ebd5a62d77678046b5e56420d46df37a97129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean McArthur <sean.monstar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 15:53:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] collections: impl AsRef<[u8]> for String

---
 src/libcollections/string.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libcollections/string.rs b/src/libcollections/string.rs
index 3c668f7fe9b..52d72501b4a 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/string.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/string.rs
@@ -1057,6 +1057,14 @@ impl AsRef<str> for String {
     }
 }
 
+#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for String {
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_bytes()
+    }
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<'a> From<&'a str> for String {
     #[cfg(not(test))]