array-section 0.1.8

An array where only a (contiguous) subarray may be viewed or operated on
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array-section

When you want to return a buffer of unknown size (but smaller than some limit) from/in a const context. This crate defines a type backed by an array where only a (contiguous) subsection of the array may be viewed.

This can be useful in const functions that wish to return an array of size N, but with some elements potentially unused.

#![no_std] compatible

/// Returns an array of the square numbers smaller than both x and N.
const fn squares_smaller_than<const N: usize>(x: usize) -> ArraySection<usize, N> {
   let mut i = 0;
   let mut ans = [0; N];
   while i * i < N && i * i < x {
       ans[i] = i * i;
       i += 1;
   }
   ArraySection::new(ans, 0..i)
}
assert_eq!(squares_smaller_than::<10>(16), [0, 1, 4, 9]);

Feature flags

std: derives the Error trait from the standard library for the error types. Enables alloc.

alloc: enables conversion of the array section into Vecs and Boxed slices.

License

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Contribution

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