Slicing a vector in C++

In C++20 it is pretty easy:

#include <span>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

template<int left = 0, int right = 0, typename T>
constexpr auto slice(T&& container)
{
    if constexpr (right > 0)
    {
        return std::span(begin(std::forward<T>(container))+left, begin(std::forward<T>(container))+right);
    }
    else
    {
        return std::span(begin(std::forward<T>(container))+left, end(std::forward<T>(container))+right);
    }
}



int main()
{
    std::vector v{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9};

    std::cout << "-------------------" << std::endl;
    auto v0 = slice<1,0>(v);
    for (auto i : v0)
    {
        std::cout << i << std::endl;
    }

    std::cout << "-------------------" << std::endl;
    auto v1 = slice<0,-1>(v);
    for (auto i : v1)
    {
        std::cout << i << std::endl;
    }

    std::cout << "-------------------" << std::endl;
    auto v2 = slice<1,3>(v);
    for (auto i : v2)
    {
        std::cout << i << std::endl;
    }

    std::cout << "-------------------" << std::endl;
    auto v3 = slice<1,-1>(v);
    for (auto i : v3)
    {
        std::cout << i << std::endl;
    }

    std::cout << "-------------------" << std::endl;
    auto v4 = slice<3,3>(v);
    for (auto i : v4)
    {
        std::cout << i << std::endl;
    }

}

Result:

Program returned: 0
-------------------
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
-------------------
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
-------------------
2
3
-------------------
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
-------------------

You can also add boundary checks and other cases like negative left indices etc... but this is only an example.

Run in compiler explorer: https://godbolt.org/z/qeaxvjdbj

This can easily be done using std::vector's copy constructor:

v2 = std::vector<int>(v1.begin() + 1, v1.end());