Sliceaware
Sliceaware is a term used in software design to describe components, libraries, or frameworks that are explicitly aware of data slices—contiguous subsequences of a larger collection. The concept emphasizes treating slices as first-class data units with defined boundaries, lifetimes, and ownership semantics, rather than as opaque copies or generic iterables.
A sliceaware API typically operates on a view into data rather than a full copy. It may
Sliceaware design is common in data processing, streaming, and systems that process large datasets in chunks.
Challenges include managing the complexity of lifetimes and ownership across slices, ensuring bounds safety when composing
Examples of relevant domains include numeric and image processing, database query engines, network packet parsing, and
See also: slicing, views, data chunking, zero-copy, memory safety.