Slicing pattern with range

[ahsonkhan]

@davidfowl
Does slicing using a range refer to code like this (using '..')?

Span<byte> buffer = ...

Span<byte> view1 = buffer.Slice(3, 2);
Span<byte> view2 = buffer[3..4];
 
// view1 == view2

[KrzysztofCwalina]

@ahsonkhan, do you still want to keep this open?

[ahsonkhan]

That depends on whether we want to support range syntax or not.
This was from the initial discussion/backlog of span items where we were considering slicing using range. I presume that is what the syntax would look like.

Changing to future.

[ahsonkhan]

@KrzysztofCwalina, if we are getting the Range syntax support by 2.1, we should consider adding support for it for Span. Should we change the milestone of this issue to 2.1? Let me know and I will move it over to corefx.

[KrzysztofCwalina]

Yeah, once we settle on the design for Range, we can add APIs. I would not add them sooner.