[class.slice.overview] (original) (raw)
29 Numerics library [numerics]
29.6 Numeric arrays [numarray]
29.6.4 Class slice [class.slice]
29.6.4.1 Overview [class.slice.overview]
namespace std { class slice { public: slice(); slice(size_t, size_t, size_t); slice(const slice&); size_t start() const; size_t size() const; size_t stride() const;friend bool operator==(const slice& x, const slice& y);};}
The sliceclass represents a BLAS-like slice from an array.
Such a slice is specified by a starting index, a length, and a stride.253
BLAS stands for_Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms_.
C++ programs can instantiate this class.
See, for example, Dongarra, Du Croz, Duff, and Hammerling:A set of Level 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms; Technical Report MCS-P1-0888, Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Mathematics and Computer Science Division, August, 1988.