test for char* slices

diff --git a/tests/run/slice_charptr.pyx b/tests/run/slice_charptr.pyx
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+__doc__ = """
+    >>> do_slice("abcdef", 2, 3)
+    ('c', 'cdef', 'ab', 'abcdef')
+    >>> do_slice("abcdef", 0, 5)
+    ('abcde', 'abcdef', '', 'abcdef')
+"""
+
+def do_slice(s, int i, int j):
+    cdef char* ss = s
+    return ss[i:j], ss[i:], ss[:i], ss[:]
+