2to3 misses buffer slicing

[joeamenta]

BPO	6185
Nosy	@benjaminp
Files	buffertest.patch: This test will fail on the current revision. bufferfix.patch: This patch will fix the problem and pass the test.

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closed_at = <Date 2009-06-03.18:10:23.576>
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labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-2to3']
title = '2to3 misses buffer slicing'
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[joeamenta]

Found this bug while writing the backwards version of this fix for
3to2... there is no test for it, so it went undetected. The PATTERN
does not match a buffer() invocation if there is a token after the
rparen, i.e. slicing.

[joeamenta]

Patch that will fix the problem (and make the test pass)

[benjaminp]

Thanks for the patch! Fixed in r73179.