}
	check(t, "TestLargeByteReads (3)", &buf, "")
}

func TestMixedReadsAndWrites(t *testing.T) {
	var buf Buffer
	s := ""
	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
		wlen := rand.Intn(len(testString))
		if i%2 == 0 {
			s = fillString(t, "TestMixedReadsAndWrites (1)", &buf, s, 1, testString[0:wlen])
		} else {

</pre>

<p>
produces the same slice as allocating an array and <a href="#Slice_expressions">slicing</a>
it, so these two expressions are equivalent:
</p>

<pre>
make([]int, 50, 100)
new([100]int)[0:50]
</pre>

<p>
Like arrays, slices are always one-dimensional but may be composed to construct
higher-dimensional objects.