// Copyright 2008-2016 Conrad Sanderson (http://conradsanderson.id.au)
// Copyright 2008-2016 National ICT Australia (NICTA)
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//! \addtogroup span
//! @{


struct span_alt {};


template<typename junk = int>
class span_base
  {
  public:
  static const span_alt all;
  };


template<typename junk>
const span_alt span_base<junk>::all = span_alt();


class span : public span_base<>
  {
  public:

  uword a;
  uword b;
  bool  whole;
  
  inline
  span()
    : a(0)
    , b(0)
    , whole(true)
    {
    }
  
  
  inline
  span(const span_alt&)
    : a(0)
    , b(0)
    , whole(true)
    {
    }
  
  
  inline
  explicit
  span(const uword in_a)
    : a(in_a)
    , b(in_a)
    , whole(false)
    {
    }
  
  
  // the "explicit" keyword is required here to prevent automatic conversion of {a,b}
  // into an instance of span() when submatrices are specified
  inline
  explicit
  span(const uword in_a, const uword in_b)
    : a(in_a)
    , b(in_b)
    , whole(false)
    {
    }

  };



//! @}
