fish-shell/share/functions/string.fish

# XXX nostring
if not contains string (builtin -n)
    function string
        if not set -q __is_launched_without_string
            if status --is-interactive
                # We've been autoloaded after fish < 2.3.0 upgraded to >= 2.3.1 - no string builtin
                set_color --bold >&2
                echo "Fish has been upgraded, and the scripts on your system are not compatible" >&2
                echo "with this prior instance of fish. You can probably run:" >&2
                set_color green >&2
                echo -e "\n exec fish" >&2
                set_color normal >&2
                echo "… to replace this process with a new one in-place." >&2
                set -g __is_launched_without_string 1
            end
        end
        set PATH $__fish_bin_dir $PATH
        set string_cmd string \'$argv\'

        if fish -c 'contains string (builtin -n)'
            fish -c "$string_cmd"
        else
            return 127
        end
    end
end