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+#ifndef AL_SPAN_H
+#define AL_SPAN_H
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <initializer_list>
+
+namespace al {
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr auto size(T &cont) -> decltype(cont.size())
+{ return cont.size(); }
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr auto size(const T &cont) -> decltype(cont.size())
+{ return cont.size(); }
+
+template<typename T, size_t N>
+constexpr size_t size(T (&)[N]) noexcept
+{ return N; }
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr size_t size(std::initializer_list<T> list) noexcept
+{ return list.size(); }
+
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr auto data(T &cont) -> decltype(cont.data())
+{ return cont.data(); }
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr auto data(const T &cont) -> decltype(cont.data())
+{ return cont.data(); }
+
+template<typename T, size_t N>
+constexpr T* data(T (&arr)[N]) noexcept
+{ return arr; }
+
+template<typename T>
+constexpr const T* data(std::initializer_list<T> list) noexcept
+{ return list.begin(); }
+
+
+template<typename T>
+class span {
+public:
+    using element_type = T;
+    using value_type = typename std::remove_cv<T>::type;
+    using index_type = size_t;
+    using difference_type = ptrdiff_t;
+
+    using pointer = T*;
+    using const_pointer = const T*;
+    using reference = T&;
+    using const_reference = const T&;
+
+    using iterator = pointer;
+    using const_iterator = const_pointer;
+    using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+    using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
+
+    constexpr span() noexcept = default;
+    constexpr span(pointer ptr, index_type count) : mData{ptr}, mCount{count} { }
+    constexpr span(pointer first, pointer last) : mData{first}, mCount{std::distance(first, last)} { }
+    template<size_t N>
+    constexpr span(element_type (&arr)[N]) noexcept : span{al::data(arr), al::size(arr)} { }
+    template<size_t N>
+    constexpr span(std::array<value_type,N> &arr) noexcept : span{al::data(arr), al::size(arr)} { }
+    template<size_t N>
+    constexpr span(const std::array<value_type,N> &arr) noexcept : span{al::data(arr), al::size(arr)} { }
+    template<typename U>
+    constexpr span(U &cont) : span{al::data(cont), al::size(cont)} { }
+    template<typename U>
+    constexpr span(const U &cont) : span{al::data(cont), al::size(cont)} { }
+    constexpr span(const span&) noexcept = default;
+
+    span& operator=(const span &rhs) noexcept = default;
+
+    constexpr reference front() const { return mData[0]; }
+    constexpr reference back() const { return mData[mCount-1]; }
+    constexpr reference operator[](index_type idx) const { return mData[idx]; }
+    constexpr pointer data() const noexcept { return mData; }
+
+    constexpr index_type size() const noexcept { return mCount; }
+    constexpr index_type size_bytes() const noexcept { return mCount * sizeof(value_type); }
+    constexpr bool empty() const noexcept { return mCount == 0; }
+
+    constexpr iterator begin() const noexcept { return mData; }
+    constexpr iterator end() const noexcept { return mData + mCount; }
+    constexpr const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept { return mData; }
+    constexpr const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return mData + mCount; }
+
+    constexpr reverse_iterator rbegin() const noexcept { return end(); }
+    constexpr reverse_iterator rend() const noexcept { return begin(); }
+    constexpr const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const noexcept { return cend(); }
+    constexpr const_reverse_iterator crend() const noexcept { return cbegin(); }
+
+private:
+    pointer mData{nullptr};
+    index_type mCount{0u};
+};
+
+} // namespace al
+
+#endif /* AL_SPAN_H */