fixes #7637; assignments are not allowed to slice object; minor breaking change

2018-04-21 21:22:36 +02:00 · 2018-04-21 21:22:36 +02:00 · 85ea9593b3
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  to deal with!
 - Indexing into a ``cstring`` for the JS target is now mapped
  to ``charCodeAt``.
+- Assignments that would "slice" an object into its supertype are not prevented
+  at runtime. Use ``ref object`` with inheritance rather than ``object`` with
+  inheritance to prevent this issue.
+

 #### Breaking changes in the standard library