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#pragma once

#include <cstddef>
#include <iterator>

namespace st_
{

namespace detail
{

template <class T> struct remove_cv
{
  typedef T type;
};
template <class T> struct remove_cv<const T>
{
  typedef T type;
};
template <class T> struct remove_cv<volatile T>
{
  typedef T type;
};
template <class T> struct remove_cv<const volatile T>
{
  typedef T type;
};

} // namespace detail

template <class ElementType> class span
{
public:
  typedef ElementType element_type;
  typedef typename detail::remove_cv<ElementType>::type value_type;
  typedef size_t size_type;
  typedef ptrdiff_t difference_type;
  typedef element_type *pointer;
  typedef const element_type *const_pointer;
  typedef element_type &reference;
  typedef const element_type &const_reference;
  typedef pointer iterator;
  typedef const_pointer const_iterator;
  typedef std::reverse_iterator<iterator> reverse_iterator;

span() : data_(NULL), size_(0) {}

span(pointer ptr, size_type count) : data_(ptr), size_(count) {}

span(pointer first, pointer last) : data_(first), size_(last - first) {}

template <size_t N> span(element_type (&arr)[N]) : data_(arr), size_(N) {}

template <class Container>
  span(Container &cont) : data_(cont.data()), size_(cont.size())
  {
  }

template <class Container>
  span(const Container &cont) : data_(cont.data()), size_(cont.size())
  {
  }

span(const span &other) : data_(other.data_), size_(other.size_) {}

~span() = default;

span &operator=(const span &other)
  {
    data_= other.data();
    size_= other.size();
    return *this;
  }

template <size_t Count> span<element_type> first() const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    return span(data(), 1);
  }
  template <size_t Count> span<element_type> last() const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    return span(data() + size() - 1, 1);
  }

span<element_type> first(size_type count) const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    return span(data(), 1);
  }
  span<element_type> last(size_type count) const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    return span(data() + size() - 1, 1);
  }
  span<element_type> subspan(size_type offset, size_type count) const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    assert(size() >= offset + count);
    return span(data() + offset, count);
  }

size_type size() const { return size_; }
  size_type size_bytes() const { return size() * sizeof(ElementType); }
  bool empty() const __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
  {
    return size() == 0;
  }

reference operator[](size_type idx) const
  {
    assert(size() > idx);
    return data()[idx];
  }
  reference front() const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    return data()[0];
  }
  reference back() const
  {
    assert(!empty());
    return data()[size() - 1];
  }
  pointer data() const { return data_; }

iterator begin() const { return data_; }
  iterator end() const { return data_ + size_; }
  reverse_iterator rbegin() const
  {
    return std::reverse_iterator<iterator>(end());
  }
  reverse_iterator rend() const
  {
    return std::reverse_iterator<iterator>(begin());
  }

private:
  pointer data_;
  size_type size_;
};

} // namespace st_

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