Export the special span value for not-indexing an array dimension.#61
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Export the special span value for not-indexing an array dimension.#61leftaroundabout wants to merge 1 commit intoarrayfire:masterfrom
span value for not-indexing an array dimension.#61leftaroundabout wants to merge 1 commit intoarrayfire:masterfrom
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This is quite important for effective array slicing, but not previously exposed. (The value could easily be hard-coded at each use site, but that would make for cryptic code, not to mention unsafe if the definition of af_span should ever change.)
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The special value
spanis quite important for effective array slicing in ArrayFire, but it was not previously exposed in the Haskell bindings. Indeed, as this is a constant rather than a function it cannot be imported (?) using the FFI, but the same value can simply be hardcoded as a Haskell constant.Without this export, users could also hard-code it at each use site. But that would result in cryptic code, not to mention unsafe if the definition of
af_spanshould ever change. It's certainly better to have it available in the library.