https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/4284

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 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Commit fc445f8 2013-09-16 05:29:41 UTC
|__/                   |  x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0

julia> A = rand(5,8)
5x8 Array{Float64,2}:
 0.669738   0.219683  0.720173   0.0880016  0.820235   0.658567  0.867968  0.394466
 0.490362   0.171479  0.892448   0.685094   0.286041   0.785584  0.35776   0.17698 
 0.740654   0.159471  0.183929   0.896872   0.985829   0.22438   0.197732  0.931789
 0.117073   0.439403  0.731015   0.875355   0.0813128  0.245268  0.762892  0.841012
 0.0712886  0.258684  0.0367603  0.377599   0.980551   0.911098  0.85105   0.59745 

julia> Ra
RadixSort   Range       Range1      RangeIndex  Ranges      Rational    RawFD       
julia> Ran
Range       Range1      RangeIndex  Ranges      
julia> help(Range1)
Loading help data...
DataType   : Range1{T<:Real}  (use methods(Range1) to see constructors)
  supertype: Ranges{T<:Real}
  fields   : (:start,:len)

julia> help(Range)
DataType   : Range{T<:Real}  (use methods(Range) to see constructors)
  supertype: Ranges{T<:Real}
  fields   : (:start,:step,:len)

julia> B = slice(A, 1:5, 1:8)
5x8 SubArray{Float64,2,Array{Float64,2},(Range1{Int64},Range1{Int64})}:
 0.669738   0.219683  0.720173   0.0880016  0.820235   0.658567  0.867968  0.394466
 0.490362   0.171479  0.892448   0.685094   0.286041   0.785584  0.35776   0.17698 
 0.740654   0.159471  0.183929   0.896872   0.985829   0.22438   0.197732  0.931789
 0.117073   0.439403  0.731015   0.875355   0.0813128  0.245268  0.762892  0.841012
 0.0712886  0.258684  0.0367603  0.377599   0.980551   0.911098  0.85105   0.59745 

julia> C = slice(B, 1:5, 1:8)
5x8 SubArray{Float64,2,Array{Float64,2},(Range{Int64},Range{Int64})}:
 0.669738   0.219683  0.720173   0.0880016  0.820235   0.658567  0.867968  0.394466
 0.490362   0.171479  0.892448   0.685094   0.286041   0.785584  0.35776   0.17698 
 0.740654   0.159471  0.183929   0.896872   0.985829   0.22438   0.197732  0.931789
 0.117073   0.439403  0.731015   0.875355   0.0813128  0.245268  0.762892  0.841012
 0.0712886  0.258684  0.0367603  0.377599   0.980551   0.911098  0.85105   0.59745 

julia> 
ivarne~/dev/julia$ git pull
remote: Counting objects: 7, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1/1), done.
remote: Total 4 (delta 3), reused 4 (delta 3)
Unpacking objects: 100% (4/4), done.
From https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia
   fc445f8..a4088e0  master     -> origin/master
Updating fc445f8..a4088e0
Fast-forward
 base/subarray.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
ivarne~/dev/julia$ make
    PERL base/build_h.jl.phony
Warning: replacing module Base
ivarne~/dev/julia$ julia
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   _       _ _(_)_     |  A fresh approach to technical computing
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |  Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "help()" to list help topics
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  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 0.2.0-prerelease+3744
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Commit a4088e0 2013-09-16 11:17:11 UTC
|__/                   |  x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0

julia> A = rand(5,8)
5x8 Array{Float64,2}:
 0.394125  0.811652  0.96094    0.83513    0.635893    0.760678  0.0705092  0.665622 
 0.615882  0.326839  0.0699907  0.397596   0.00281069  0.377241  0.274225   0.767861 
 0.99621   0.171725  0.436486   0.0528753  0.58882     0.706728  0.197889   0.410697 
 0.52494   0.217541  0.478669   0.392408   0.163646    0.752737  0.219446   0.593175 
 0.937438  0.199635  0.677287   0.631529   0.430406    0.486206  0.874652   0.0647776

julia> B = slice(A, 1:5, 1:8)
5x8 SubArray{Float64,2,Array{Float64,2},(Range1{Int64},Range1{Int64})}:
 0.394125  0.811652  0.96094    0.83513    0.635893    0.760678  0.0705092  0.665622 
 0.615882  0.326839  0.0699907  0.397596   0.00281069  0.377241  0.274225   0.767861 
 0.99621   0.171725  0.436486   0.0528753  0.58882     0.706728  0.197889   0.410697 
 0.52494   0.217541  0.478669   0.392408   0.163646    0.752737  0.219446   0.593175 
 0.937438  0.199635  0.677287   0.631529   0.430406    0.486206  0.874652   0.0647776

julia> C = slice(B, 1:5, 1:8)
5x8 SubArray{Float64,2,Array{Float64,2},(Range{Int64},Range{Int64})}:
 0.394125  0.811652  0.96094    0.83513    0.635893    0.760678  0.0705092  0.665622 
 0.615882  0.326839  0.0699907  0.397596   0.00281069  0.377241  0.274225   0.767861 
 0.99621   0.171725  0.436486   0.0528753  0.58882     0.706728  0.197889   0.410697 
 0.52494   0.217541  0.478669   0.392408   0.163646    0.752737  0.219446   0.593175 
 0.937438  0.199635  0.677287   0.631529   0.430406    0.486206  0.874652   0.0647776

julia>