Specialize indexing a CartesianIndices with a CartesianIndex StepRangeLen #57534
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Since a
CartesianIndices
may be seen as an nD range, indexing it with a range in a specific direction would return a range. This is the nD equivalent of indexing a 1D range with another range, which returns a range as the result.For example,
After this PR,
Such operations might find utility in sparse matrix constructions, when one needs a range of indices to populate. See e.g., JuliaSparse/SparseArrays.jl#600