It would better match behavior of similar systems, and probably would be more useful, if slicing an array reduced its rank. Currently, the behavior of a(_, 5) is to produce an array_ref with a 2D shape {a.x(), {5, 1, a.y().stride()}. It would be better if it produced a 1D shaped result with a.x() as the only dimension.
It would better match behavior of similar systems, and probably would be more useful, if slicing an array reduced its rank. Currently, the behavior of
a(_, 5)is to produce anarray_refwith a 2D shape{a.x(), {5, 1, a.y().stride()}. It would be better if it produced a 1D shaped result witha.x()as the only dimension.