P3242R3 — Copy and fill for mdspan
Nicolas Morales, Christian Trott, Mark Hoemmen, Damien Lebrun-Grandie
LWG
Revisions R4Jul 2026R3Jul 2026R2Apr 2026
C++23 introduced `mdspan` ([P0009R18]), a non-owning multidimensional array abstraction that has a customizable layout. Layout customization was originally motivated in [P0009R18] with considerations for interoperability and performance, particularly on different architectures. Moreover, [P2630R4] introduced `submdspan`, a slicing function that can yield arbitrarily strided layouts. However, without standard library support, copying efficiently between `mdspan`s with mixes of complex layouts is challenging for users.