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+++ b/graal/com.oracle.truffle.ruby.nodes/src/com/oracle/truffle/ruby/nodes/literal/StringLiteralNode.java	Tue Jan 07 18:53:04 2014 +0100
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This
+ * code is released under a tri EPL/GPL/LGPL license. You can use it,
+ * redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the:
+ *
+ * Eclipse Public License version 1.0
+ * GNU General Public License version 2
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
+ */
+package com.oracle.truffle.ruby.nodes.literal;
+
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.ruby.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.ruby.runtime.*;
+
+@NodeInfo(shortName = "string")
+public class StringLiteralNode extends RubyNode {
+
+    private final String string;
+
+    public StringLiteralNode(RubyContext context, SourceSection sourceSection, String string) {
+        super(context, sourceSection);
+
+        assert string != null;
+
+        this.string = string;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object execute(VirtualFrame frame) {
+        return getContext().makeString(string);
+    }
+
+}