lice</span> <span class="mdzsyn-symbol">buf</span> <span class="mdzsyn-number">2</span>)) <span class="mdzsyn-comment"># -&gt; @"cdefg"</span>
(<span class="mdzsyn-coresym">def</span> <span class="mdzsyn-symbol">buf3</span> (<span class="mdzsyn-coresym">buffer/slice</span> <span class="mdzsyn-symbol">buf</span> <span class="mdzsyn-number">2</span> <span class="mdzsyn-number">-2</span>)) <span class="mdzsyn-comment"># -&gt; @"cdef"</span>

<span class="mdzsyn-comment"># string/slice works the same way, but r