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+// Copyright (c) 2017-2019, The Monero Project
+//
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
+// permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+//
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+//
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+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace epee
+{
+  /*!
+    \brief Non-owning sequence of data. Does not deep copy
+
+    Inspired by `gsl::span` and/or `boost::iterator_range`. This class is
+    intended to be used as a parameter type for functions that need to take a
+    writable or read-only sequence of data. Most common cases are `span<char>`
+    and `span<std::uint8_t>`. Using as a class member is only recommended if
+    clearly documented as not doing a deep-copy. C-arrays are easily convertible
+    to this type.
+
+    \note Conversion from C string literal to `span<const char>` will include
+      the NULL-terminator.
+    \note Never allows derived-to-base pointer conversion; an array of derived
+      types is not an array of base types.
+   */
+  template<typename T>
+  class span
+  {
+    template<typename U>
+    static constexpr bool safe_conversion() noexcept
+    {
+      // Allow exact matches or `T*` -> `const T*`.
+      using with_const = typename std::add_const<U>::type;
+      return std::is_same<T, U>() ||
+        (std::is_const<T>() && std::is_same<T, with_const>());
+    }
+
+  public:
+    using value_type = T;
+    using size_type = std::size_t;
+    using difference_type = std::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;
+
+    constexpr span() noexcept : ptr(nullptr), len(0) {}
+    constexpr span(std::nullptr_t) noexcept : span() {}
+
+    //! Prevent derived-to-base conversions; invalid in this context.
+    template<typename U, typename = typename std::enable_if<safe_conversion<U>()>::type>
+    constexpr span(U* const src_ptr, const std::size_t count) noexcept
+      : ptr(src_ptr), len(count) {}
+
+    //! Conversion from C-array. Prevents common bugs with sizeof + arrays.
+    template<std::size_t N>
+    constexpr span(T (&src)[N]) noexcept : span(src, N) {}
+
+    constexpr span(const span&) noexcept = default;
+    span& operator=(const span&) noexcept = default;
+
+    /*! Try to remove `amount` elements from beginning of span.
+    \return Number of elements removed. */
+    std::size_t remove_prefix(std::size_t amount) noexcept
+    {
+        amount = std::min(len, amount);
+        ptr += amount;
+        len -= amount;
+        return amount;
+    }
+
+    constexpr iterator begin() const noexcept { return ptr; }
+    constexpr const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept { return ptr; }
+
+    constexpr iterator end() const noexcept { return begin() + size(); }
+    constexpr const_iterator cend() const noexcept { return cbegin() + size(); }
+
+    constexpr bool empty() const noexcept { return size() == 0; }
+    constexpr pointer data() const noexcept { return ptr; }
+    constexpr std::size_t size() const noexcept { return len; }
+    constexpr std::size_t size_bytes() const noexcept { return size() * sizeof(value_type); }
+
+    T &operator[](size_t idx) noexcept { return ptr[idx]; }
+    const T &operator[](size_t idx) const noexcept { return ptr[idx]; }
+
+  private:
+    T* ptr;
+    std::size_t len;
+  };
+
+  //! \return `span<const T::value_type>` from a STL compatible `src`.
+  template<typename T>
+  constexpr span<const typename T::value_type> to_span(const T& src)
+  {
+    // compiler provides diagnostic if size() is not size_t.
+    return {src.data(), src.size()};
+  }
+
+  //! \return `span<T::value_type>` from a STL compatible `src`.
+  template<typename T>
+  constexpr span<typename T::value_type> to_mut_span(T& src)
+  {
+    // compiler provides diagnostic if size() is not size_t.
+    return {src.data(), src.size()};
+  }
+
+  template<typename T>
+  constexpr bool has_padding() noexcept
+  {
+    return !std::is_standard_layout<T>() || alignof(T) != 1;
+  }
+
+  //! \return Cast data from `src` as `span<const std::uint8_t>`.
+  template<typename T>
+  span<const std::uint8_t> to_byte_span(const span<const T> src) noexcept
+  {
+    static_assert(!has_padding<T>(), "source type may have padding");
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const std::uint8_t*>(src.data()), src.size_bytes()}; 
+  }
+
+  //! \return `span<const std::uint8_t>` which represents the bytes at `&src`.
+  template<typename T>
+  span<const std::uint8_t> as_byte_span(const T& src) noexcept
+  {
+    static_assert(!std::is_empty<T>(), "empty types will not work -> sizeof == 1");
+    static_assert(!has_padding<T>(), "source type may have padding");
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const std::uint8_t*>(std::addressof(src)), sizeof(T)};
+  }
+
+  //! \return `span<std::uint8_t>` which represents the bytes at `&src`.
+  template<typename T>
+  span<std::uint8_t> as_mut_byte_span(T& src) noexcept
+  {
+    static_assert(!std::is_empty<T>(), "empty types will not work -> sizeof == 1");
+    static_assert(!has_padding<T>(), "source type may have padding");
+    return {reinterpret_cast<std::uint8_t*>(std::addressof(src)), sizeof(T)};
+  }
+
+  //! make a span from a std::string
+  template<typename T>
+  span<const T> strspan(const std::string &s) noexcept
+  {
+    static_assert(std::is_same<T, char>() || std::is_same<T, unsigned char>() || std::is_same<T, int8_t>() || std::is_same<T, uint8_t>(), "Unexpected type");
+    return {reinterpret_cast<const T*>(s.data()), s.size()};
+  }
+}