Index: PirateTest.py
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RCS file: /cvs/pirate/pirate/PirateTest.py,v
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -r1.53 PirateTest.py
--- PirateTest.py	21 Jan 2004 19:54:19 -0000	1.53
+++ PirateTest.py	7 Oct 2004 07:42:42 -0000
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@
         self.assertEquals(res, "2 2\n")
 
 
+    def test_concat(self):
+        res = self.run(
+            """
+            print "foo" + "bar"
+            """, dump=0)
+        self.assertEquals(res, "foobar\n")
+
+
     def test_compare(self):
         res = self.run(
             """
Index: __builtin__.py
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RCS file: /cvs/pirate/pirate/__builtin__.py,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 __builtin__.py
--- __builtin__.py	11 Jan 2004 05:49:34 -0000	1.1
+++ __builtin__.py	7 Oct 2004 07:42:42 -0000
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
     else:  # step must be < 0, or we would have raised ValueError
         if stop >= start: # no work for us
             return []
-    howmany = (start - stop - step  - 1)/-step
-
-    howmany = howmany - 2 #@TODO: fix the math in pirate!!
+        howmany = (start - stop - step - 1)/-step
 
     PARROT_INLINE('find_lex $P0, "howmany"')
     PARROT_INLINE('$I0 = $P0')
Index: pirate.py
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RCS file: /cvs/pirate/pirate/pirate.py,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -r1.63 pirate.py
--- pirate.py	11 Jan 2004 05:57:58 -0000	1.63
+++ pirate.py	7 Oct 2004 07:42:43 -0000
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@
         self.append("%s = new PerlUndef" % dest)
         lside = self.compileExpression(node.left, allocate=1)
         rside = self.compileExpression(node.right)
+        if rside.startswith("'"):
+            rside = self.compileExpression(node.right, allocate=1)
         
         op = self.infixOps[node.__class__]
         self.append("%s = %s %s %s" % (dest, lside, op, rside))
@@ -1088,7 +1090,7 @@
     return [(i+1, seq[i]) for i in range(len(seq))]
 
 def invoke(src, dump=0, lines=0):
-    i,o = os.popen4("parrot -")
+    i,o = os.popen4("parrot --python -")
     code = compile(src)
     if dump:
         print