the range of valid Unicode code points are converted to <code>"\uFFFD"</code>.

<pre>
string('a')       // "a"
string(-1)        // "\ufffd" == "\xef\xbf\xbd"
string(0xf8)      // "\u00f8" == "ø" == "\xc3\xb8"
type MyString string
MyString(0x65e5)  // "\u65e5" == "日" == "\xe6\x97\xa5"
</pre>
</li>

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Converting a slice of bytes to a string type yields

<pre>
string('a')          // "a"
string(65)           // "A"
string('\xf8')       // "\u00f8" == "ø" == "\xc3\xb8"
string(-1)           // "\ufffd" == "\xef\xbf\xbd"

type myString string
myString('\u65e5')   // "\u65e5" == "日" == "\xe6\x97\xa5"
</pre>

Note: This form of conversion may eventually be removed from the language.