On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 11:49:21 AM UTC-4, Neal Becker wrote: > > To be more precise, I'm coming from python/numpy. There, a native slice: > M[1:,2:] for example > returns a view, not a copy. As does a strided view: > M[::2] > I like this design. Does julia do this now, or does it plan to in the > future?
In 0.5, the "native" slice syntax like M[1:end,2:end], both strided and non-strided, will return a view. In 0.4, M[:] etc returns a copy, but you can get a view by the "slice" function as Tim mentioned. So, the functionality is there now, but the syntax is a little less familiar.
