From 5eaf68882ec87160033a4707378967188b642c3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:37:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #3300

---
 lib/system.nim | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 65b633266..3d7d4bd28 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -3042,7 +3042,7 @@ template spliceImpl(s, a, L, b: expr): stmt {.immediate.} =
   # fill the hole:
   for i in 0 .. <b.len: s[i+a] = b[i]
 
-when hasAlloc:
+when hasAlloc or defined(nimscript):
   proc `[]`*(s: string, x: Slice[int]): string {.inline.} =
     ## slice operation for strings.
     result = s.substr(x.a, x.b)