smaller PR just to fix #50002

src/liballoc/tests/str.rs

@@ -401,6 +401,22 @@ fn test_str_get_maxinclusive() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_str_slicemut_rangetoinclusive_ok() {
+    let mut s = "abcαβγ".to_owned();
+    let s: &mut str = &mut s;
+    &mut s[..=3]; // before alpha
+    &mut s[..=5]; // after alpha
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic]
+fn test_str_slicemut_rangetoinclusive_notok() {
+    let mut s = "abcαβγ".to_owned();
+    let s: &mut str = &mut s;
+    &mut s[..=4]; // middle of alpha, which is 2 bytes long
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_is_char_boundary() {
     let s = "ศไทย中华Việt Nam β-release 🐱123";

src/libcore/str/mod.rs

@@ -2100,18 +2100,13 @@ mod traits {
         fn index(self, slice: &str) -> &Self::Output {
             assert!(self.end != usize::max_value(),
                 "attempted to index str up to maximum usize");
-            let end = self.end + 1;
-            self.get(slice).unwrap_or_else(|| super::slice_error_fail(slice, 0, end))
+            (..self.end+1).index(slice)
         }
         #[inline]
         fn index_mut(self, slice: &mut str) -> &mut Self::Output {
             assert!(self.end != usize::max_value(),
                 "attempted to index str up to maximum usize");
-            if slice.is_char_boundary(self.end) {
-                unsafe { self.get_unchecked_mut(slice) }
-            } else {
-                super::slice_error_fail(slice, 0, self.end + 1)
-            }
+            (..self.end+1).index_mut(slice)
         }
     }