Function AsInt64Slice

tensorflow/compiler/xla/util.h:176–181

xla::int64 is not the same type as tensorflow::protobuf_int64 in open-source. Wrapper function that gives an int64 array slice view of a repeated int64 protobuf field.

// Wrapper function that gives an int64 array slice view of a repeated int64
// protobuf field.
static inline absl::Span<const int64> AsInt64Slice(
    const tensorflow::protobuf::RepeatedField<tensorflow::protobuf_int64>& v) {
  absl::Span<const tensorflow::protobuf_int64> slice(v);
  return absl::Span<const int64>(reinterpret_cast<const int64*>(slice.data()),
                                 slice.size());
}

// TODO(b/29771030): This nop overload was added to simplify the migration of
// Shape from a proto to a C++ class. Remove after class has been migrated.