1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/functions/FN_generic_span.hh b/source/blender/functions/FN_generic_span.hh
index 31b67dd3d70..e2c49697ba9 100644
--- a/source/blender/functions/FN_generic_span.hh
+++ b/source/blender/functions/FN_generic_span.hh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace blender::fn {
  * A generic span. It behaves just like a blender::Span<T>, but the type is only known at run-time.
  */
 class GSpan {
- private:
+ protected:
   const CPPType *type_;
   const void *data_;
   int64_t size_;
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ class GSpan {
     BLI_assert(type_->is<T>());
     return Span<T>(static_cast<const T *>(data_), size_);
   }
+
+  GSpan slice(const int64_t start, int64_t size) const
+  {
+    BLI_assert(start >= 0);
+    BLI_assert(size >= 0);
+    const int64_t new_size = std::max<int64_t>(0, std::min(size, size_ - start));
+    return GSpan(*type_, POINTER_OFFSET(data_, type_->size() * start), new_size);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ class GSpan {
  * known at run-time.
  */
 class GMutableSpan {
- private:
+ protected:
   const CPPType *type_;
   void *data_;
   int64_t size_;
@@ -153,6 +161,14 @@ class GMutableSpan {
     BLI_assert(type_->is<T>());
     return MutableSpan<T>(static_cast<T *>(data_), size_);
   }
+
+  GMutableSpan slice(const int64_t start, int64_t size) const
+  {
+    BLI_assert(start >= 0);
+    BLI_assert(size >= 0);
+    const int64_t new_size = std::max<int64_t>(0, std::min(size, size_ - start));
+    return GMutableSpan(*type_, POINTER_OFFSET(data_, type_->size() * start), new_size);
+  }
 };
 
 }  // namespace blender::fn