ArraySliceElement
ArraySliceElement is a term used in discussions of array slices to refer to the individual items contained within a slice. A slice is a view into a contiguous segment of an array, and its elements are the same type as the elements of the underlying array. The ArraySliceElement therefore represents any single element of this segment, and can be read or written depending on the language's mutability rules.
In most languages with slices, the slice does not own the data; it holds a reference to
Creating a slice by selecting a subrange does not typically copy elements; instead it creates a new
Related concepts include array elements, slices, and views. Understanding ArraySliceElement helps distinguish between operations on a