succint implementation

src/libcore/slice/mod.rs

@@ -4178,6 +4178,24 @@ impl<'a, T> DoubleEndedIterator for Chunks<'a, T> {
             Some(snd)
         }
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn nth_back(&mut self, n: usize) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let len = self.len();
+        if n >= len {
+            self.v = &[];
+            None
+        } else {
+            let start = (len - 1 - n) * self.chunk_size;
+            let end = match start.checked_add(self.chunk_size) {
+                Some(res) => cmp::min(res, self.v.len()),
+                None => self.v.len(),
+            };
+            let nth_back = &self.v[start..end];
+            self.v = &self.v[..start];
+            Some(nth_back)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]

src/libcore/tests/slice.rs

@@ -134,6 +134,30 @@ fn test_chunks_nth() {
     assert_eq!(c2.next(), None);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_chunks_nth_back() {
+    let v: &[i32] = &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+    let mut c = v.chunks(2);
+    assert_eq!(c.nth_back(1).unwrap(), &[2, 3]);
+    assert_eq!(c.next().unwrap(), &[0, 1]);
+    assert_eq!(c.next(), None);
+
+    let v2: &[i32] = &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4];
+    let mut c2 = v2.chunks(3);
+    assert_eq!(c2.nth_back(1).unwrap(), &[0, 1, 2]);
+    assert_eq!(c2.next(), None);
+    assert_eq!(c2.next_back(), None);
+
+    let v3: &[i32] = &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4];
+    let mut c3 = v3.chunks(10);
+    assert_eq!(c3.nth_back(0).unwrap(), &[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+    assert_eq!(c3.next(), None);
+
+    let v4: &[i32] = &[0, 1, 2];
+    let mut c4 = v4.chunks(10);
+    assert_eq!(c4.nth_back(1_000_000_000usize), None);
+}
+
 
 #[test]
 fn test_chunks_last() {