diff --git a/sprout/range/adaptor/copied.hpp b/sprout/range/adaptor/copied.hpp
index c0a6cb2d..f38af518 100644
--- a/sprout/range/adaptor/copied.hpp
+++ b/sprout/range/adaptor/copied.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 			: public sprout::range::range_container<
 				typename sprout::container_traits<Range>::iterator
 			>
+			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_static_size<Range>
 			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_fixed_size<Range>
 		{
 		public:
diff --git a/sprout/range/adaptor/sinusoidal.hpp b/sprout/range/adaptor/sinusoidal.hpp
index 733d36cf..99feec88 100644
--- a/sprout/range/adaptor/sinusoidal.hpp
+++ b/sprout/range/adaptor/sinusoidal.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 			: public sprout::range::range_container<
 				sprout::sinusoid_iterator<Value>
 			>
+			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_static_size<Range>
 			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_fixed_size<Range>
 		{
 		public:
diff --git a/sprout/range/adaptor/transformed.hpp b/sprout/range/adaptor/transformed.hpp
index 4645f0cb..310a7530 100644
--- a/sprout/range/adaptor/transformed.hpp
+++ b/sprout/range/adaptor/transformed.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 					typename sprout::container_traits<RRange>::iterator
 				>
 			>
+			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_static_size<LRange>
 			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_fixed_size<LRange>
 		{
 		public:
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 					typename sprout::container_traits<Range>::iterator
 				>
 			>
+			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_static_size<Range>
 			, public sprout::detail::container_nosy_fixed_size<Range>
 		{
 		public:
diff --git a/sprout/range/range_container.hpp b/sprout/range/range_container.hpp
index e15d594f..8de7f0d1 100644
--- a/sprout/range/range_container.hpp
+++ b/sprout/range/range_container.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace sprout {
 		//
 		template<typename Iterator>
 		struct range_container
-			: public sprout::container_traits<Iterator>
+			: public sprout::container_traits_facade<Iterator>
 		{
 		public:
 			typedef Iterator iterator;
diff --git a/sprout/string.hpp b/sprout/string.hpp
index adb5236a..37c60bae 100644
--- a/sprout/string.hpp
+++ b/sprout/string.hpp
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 #include <sprout/string/conversion.hpp>
 #include <sprout/string/type_traits.hpp>
 #include <sprout/string/alias.hpp>
+#include <sprout/string/shrink.hpp>
 
 #endif	// #ifndef SPROUT_STRING_HPP
diff --git a/sprout/string/shrink.hpp b/sprout/string/shrink.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..345c2ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sprout/string/shrink.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#ifndef SPROUT_STRING_SHRINK_HPP
+#define SPROUT_STRING_SHRINK_HPP
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <sprout/config.hpp>
+#include <sprout/index_tuple.hpp>
+#include <sprout/string/char_traits.hpp>
+#include <sprout/string/string.hpp>
+#include <sprout/utility/value_holder.hpp>
+
+namespace sprout {
+	//
+	// shrink_string
+	//
+	template<typename T, std::size_t N, typename Traits = sprout::char_traits<T> >
+	class shrink_string {
+	public:
+		typedef sprout::basic_string<T, N, Traits> string_type;
+	private:
+		typedef sprout::value_holder<string_type const&> holder_type;
+	public:
+		typedef typename holder_type::param_type param_type;
+	private:
+		template<std::size_t M, sprout::index_t... Indexes>
+		static SPROUT_CONSTEXPR sprout::basic_string<T, sizeof...(Indexes), Traits> implicit_conversion_impl(
+			T const(& elems)[M],
+			std::size_t len,
+			sprout::index_tuple<Indexes...>
+			)
+		{
+			return sprout::basic_string<T, sizeof...(Indexes), Traits>{{(Indexes < M - 1 ? elems[Indexes] : T())...}, len};
+		}
+	private:
+		holder_type holder_;
+	public:
+		shrink_string(shrink_string const&) = default;
+		shrink_string(shrink_string&&) = default;
+		explicit SPROUT_CONSTEXPR shrink_string(param_type p)
+			: holder_(p)
+		{}
+		template<std::size_t N2>
+		SPROUT_CONSTEXPR operator sprout::basic_string<T, N2, Traits>() const {
+			return implicit_conversion_impl(
+				holder_.get().elems,
+				holder_.get().len,
+				sprout::index_range<0, (N2 < N ? N2 : N)>::make()
+				);
+		}
+	};
+
+	//
+	// shrink
+	//
+	template<typename T, std::size_t N, typename Traits>
+	SPROUT_CONSTEXPR sprout::shrink_string<T, N, Traits>
+	shrink(sprout::basic_string<T, N, Traits> const& s) {
+		return sprout::shrink_string<T, N, Traits>(s);
+	}
+}	// namespace sprout
+
+#endif	// #ifndef SPROUT_STRING_SHRINK_HPP