Standard library header <span> (C++20)
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This header is part of the containers library.
Classes
Constants
(C++20)
span has dynamic extent (constant) [edit]
Functions
Range access
(C++11)(C++14)
(function template) [edit]
(C++14)
(function template) [edit]
[edit] Synopsis
#include <initializer_list> // mostly freestanding namespace std { // constants inline constexpr size_t dynamic_extent = numeric_limits<size_t>::max(); template<class T> concept /*integral-constant-like*/ = // exposition only is_integral_v<decltype(T::value)> && !is_same_v<bool, remove_const_t<decltype(T::value)>> && convertible_to<T, decltype(T::value)> && equality_comparable_with<T, decltype(T::value)> && bool_constant<T() == T::value>::value && bool_constant<static_cast<decltype(T::value)>(T()) == T::value>::value; template<class T> constexpr size_t /*maybe-static-ext*/ = dynamic_extent; // exposition only template</*integral-constant-like*/ T> constexpr size_t /*maybe-static-ext*/<T> = { T::value }; // class template span template<class ElementType, size_t Extent = dynamic_extent> class span; // partially freestanding template<class ElementType, size_t Extent> constexpr bool ranges::enable_view <span<ElementType, Extent>> = true; template<class ElementType, size_t Extent> constexpr bool ranges::enable_borrowed_range <span<ElementType, Extent>> = true; // views of object representation template<class ElementType, size_t Extent> span<const byte, Extent == dynamic_extent ? dynamic_extent : sizeof(ElementType) * Extent> as_bytes(span<ElementType, Extent> s) noexcept; template<class ElementType, size_t Extent> span<byte, Extent == dynamic_extent ? dynamic_extent : sizeof(ElementType) * Extent> as_writable_bytes(span<ElementType, Extent> s) noexcept; }
[edit] Class template std::span
namespace std { template<class ElementType, size_t Extent = dynamic_extent> class span { public: // constants and types using element_type = ElementType; using value_type = remove_cv_t<ElementType>; using size_type = size_t; using difference_type = ptrdiff_t; using pointer = element_type*; using const_pointer = const element_type*; using reference = element_type&; using const_reference = const element_type&; using iterator = /* implementation-defined */; using const_iterator = std::const_iterator <iterator>; using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator <iterator>; using const_reverse_iterator = std::const_iterator <reverse_iterator>; static constexpr size_type extent = Extent; // constructors, copy, and assignment constexpr span() noexcept; template<class It> constexpr explicit(extent != dynamic_extent) span(It first, size_type count); template<class It, class End> constexpr explicit(extent != dynamic_extent) span(It first, End last); template<size_t N> constexpr span(type_identity_t<element_type> (&arr)[N]) noexcept; template<class T, size_t N> constexpr span(array<T, N>& arr) noexcept; template<class T, size_t N> constexpr span(const array<T, N>& arr) noexcept; template<class R> constexpr explicit(extent != dynamic_extent) span(R&& r); constexpr explicit(extent != dynamic_extent) span(std::initializer_list <value_type> il); constexpr span(const span& other) noexcept = default; template<class OtherElementType, size_t OtherExtent> constexpr explicit(/* see description */) span(const span<OtherElementType, OtherExtent>& s) noexcept; constexpr span& operator=(const span& other) noexcept = default; // subviews template<size_t Count> constexpr span<element_type, Count> first() const; template<size_t Count> constexpr span<element_type, Count> last() const; template<size_t Offset, size_t Count = dynamic_extent> constexpr span<element_type, /* see description */> subspan() const; constexpr span<element_type, dynamic_extent> first(size_type count) const; constexpr span<element_type, dynamic_extent> last(size_type count) const; constexpr span<element_type, dynamic_extent> subspan( size_type offset, size_type count = dynamic_extent) const; // observers constexpr size_type size() const noexcept; constexpr size_type size_bytes() const noexcept; constexpr bool empty() const noexcept; // element access constexpr reference operator[](size_type idx) const; constexpr reference at(size_type idx) const; // freestanding-deleted constexpr reference front() const; constexpr reference back() const; constexpr pointer data() const noexcept; // iterator support constexpr iterator begin() const noexcept; constexpr iterator end() const noexcept; constexpr const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept { return begin(); } constexpr const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return end(); } constexpr reverse_iterator rbegin() const noexcept; constexpr reverse_iterator rend() const noexcept; constexpr const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const noexcept { return rbegin(); } constexpr const_reverse_iterator crend() const noexcept { return rend(); } private: pointer /*data_*/; // exposition only size_type /*size_*/; // exposition only }; template<class It, class EndOrSize> span(It, EndOrSize) -> span<remove_reference_t<iter_reference_t<It>>, /*maybe-static-ext*/<EndOrSize>>; template<class T, size_t N> span(T (&)[N]) -> span<T, N>; template<class T, size_t N> span(array<T, N>&) -> span<T, N>; template<class T, size_t N> span(const array<T, N>&) -> span<const T, N>; template<class R> span(R&&) -> span<remove_reference_t<ranges::range_reference_t <R>>>; }