jashkenas--coffeescript/documentation/js/patterns_and_splats.js

var _a, close, contents, open, tag;
var __slice = Array.prototype.slice;
tag = "<impossible>";
_a = tag.split("");
open = _a[0];
contents = __slice.call(_a, 1, _a.length - 1);
close = _a[_a.length - 1];