// KT-5956 java.lang.AbstractMethodError: test.Thing.subSequence(II)Ljava/lang/CharSequence class Thing(val delegate: CharSequence) : CharSequence { override fun get(index: Int): Char { throw UnsupportedOperationException() } override val length: Int get() = 0 override fun subSequence(start: Int, end: Int) = delegate.subSequence(start, end) } fun box(): String { val txt = Thing("hello there") val s = txt.subSequence(0, 1) return if ("$s" == "h") "OK" else "Fail: $s" }