Slice v0.1.0

Package: Rux

Definition

struct Slice<T> {
    data: *T;
    length: uint;
}

A Slice<T> is a fat pointer — a data pointer paired with a length — that records where a run of T elements lives and how many there are. It does not own the elements; the storage belongs to an array, a heap allocation, or a static in the binary. A string literal is a Slice<char8>, and an array coerces to a slice.

The data field is a read-only *T. Reach for a slice whenever a function needs to take a sequence of elements without caring where they are stored.

See also

• Core — the package overview
• Slices — the language-reference treatment
• Range — indexing a slice with a range produces another slice