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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_O3TL_SPAN_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_O3TL_SPAN_HXX
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#if __has_include(<span>)
+
+#include <span>
+
+namespace o3tl { using std::span; }
+
+#else
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <iterator>
+
+namespace o3tl {
+
+/** A barebones approximation of C++20 <span>.
+*/
+template<typename T>
+class span {
+public:
+    using value_type = T;
+    using pointer = value_type *;
+    using const_pointer = value_type const *;
+    using reference = value_type &;
+    using const_reference = value_type const &;
+    using const_iterator = const_pointer;
+    using iterator = pointer;
+    using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
+    using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+    using index_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+    using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+
+    constexpr span() noexcept : data_(nullptr), size_(0) {}
+
+    template<std::size_t N>
+    constexpr span (T (&a)[N]) noexcept : data_(a), size_(N) {}
+
+    constexpr span (T *a, index_type len) noexcept
+        : data_(a), size_(len)
+    {
+        // not terribly sure about this, might need to strengthen it
+        assert((a == nullptr && len == 0) || (a != nullptr && len >= 0));
+    }
+
+    constexpr bool empty() const noexcept { return size_ == 0; }
+
+    constexpr iterator begin() const noexcept { return data_; }
+    constexpr iterator end() const noexcept { return begin() + size(); }
+
+    constexpr const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept { return begin(); }
+    constexpr const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return end(); }
+
+    reverse_iterator rbegin() const noexcept
+    { return reverse_iterator(end()); }
+    reverse_iterator rend() const noexcept
+    { return reverse_iterator(begin()); }
+
+    constexpr const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const noexcept
+    { return rbegin(); }
+    constexpr const_reverse_iterator crend() const noexcept { return rend(); }
+
+    constexpr index_type size() const noexcept { return size_; }
+
+    constexpr reference operator [](index_type pos) const {
+        assert(0 <= pos && pos < size());
+        return data_[pos];
+    }
+
+    constexpr pointer data() const noexcept { return data_; }
+
+private:
+    pointer    data_;
+    index_type size_;
+};
+
+} // namespace o3tl
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab cinoptions=b1,g0,N-s cinkeys+=0=break: */