From 8a39132b6e7a3e9792a303a385face918e01546d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:22:03 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] markused: fix for gated index range on string (fix #24187)
 (#24200)

---
 vlib/v/checker/checker.v | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index f7f926542b..e197d17852 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -4953,6 +4953,11 @@ fn (mut c Checker) index_expr(mut node ast.IndexExpr) ast.Type {
 				typ_sym = unsafe { unwrapped_sym }
 			}
 		}
+		.string {
+			if node.is_gated && c.mod != 'strings' {
+				c.table.used_features.range_index = true
+			}
+		}
 		else {}
 	}
 	if !c.is_builtin_mod && c.mod !in ['strings', 'math.bits'] {