Revert r11453

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@11454 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 647c8fbadb..fb8afdbeda 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -1863,7 +1863,10 @@ rb_str_insert(str, idx, str2)
  *     str.slice!(other_str)        => new_str or nil
  *  
  *  Deletes the specified portion from <i>str</i>, and returns the portion
- *  deleted.
+ *  deleted. The forms that take a <code>Fixnum</code> will raise an
+ *  <code>IndexError</code> if the value is out of range; the <code>Range</code>
+ *  form will raise a <code>RangeError</code>, and the <code>Regexp</code> and
+ *  <code>String</code> forms will silently ignore the assignment.
  *     
  *     string = "this is a string"
  *     string.slice!(2)        #=> 105