Add std::span packing support and extend span tests

include/msgpack23/msgpack23.h

@@ -476,6 +476,22 @@ namespace msgpack23 {
             std::copy(reinterpret_cast<B const * const>(value.data()),
                       reinterpret_cast<B const * const>(value.data() + value.size()), store_);
         }
+
+        template<std::size_t E>
+        void pack_type(std::span<B const, E> const &value) {
+            if (value.size() < std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max()) {
+                emplace_constant(FormatConstants::bin8);
+                *store_++ = static_cast<B>(value.size());
+            } else if (value.size() < std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max()) {
+                emplace_combined(FormatConstants::bin16, static_cast<std::uint16_t>(value.size()));
+            } else if (value.size() < std::numeric_limits<std::uint32_t>::max()) {
+                emplace_combined(FormatConstants::bin32, static_cast<std::uint32_t>(value.size()));
+            } else {
+                throw std::length_error("Span is too long to be serialized.");
+            }
+            auto const *src = reinterpret_cast<B const *>(value.data());
+            std::copy(src, src + value.size(), store_);
+        }
     };
 
     template<typename Container>

tests/span_tests.cpp

@@ -41,6 +41,42 @@ namespace {
         EXPECT_LE(actual.data() + actual.size(), data.data() + data.size());
     }
 
+    // Packing a span: pack span → unpack vector, compare bytes.
+    TEST_P(msgpack23_span, packSpanRoundTrip) {
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> original{};
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < GetParam(); ++i) {
+            original.emplace_back(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(i));
+        }
+        std::span<const std::uint8_t> input{original};
+
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> data{};
+        msgpack23::Packer packer{std::back_insert_iterator(data)};
+        packer(input);
+
+        msgpack23::Unpacker unpacker{data};
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> actual{};
+        unpacker(actual);
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(actual, original);
+    }
+
+    // Packing a span produces identical bytes to packing the equivalent vector.
+    TEST_P(msgpack23_span, packSpanMatchesVector) {
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> original{};
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < GetParam(); ++i) {
+            original.emplace_back(static_cast<std::uint8_t>(i));
+        }
+
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> from_vector{};
+        msgpack23::Packer{std::back_insert_iterator(from_vector)}(original);
+
+        std::vector<std::uint8_t> from_span{};
+        msgpack23::Packer{std::back_insert_iterator(from_span)}(
+            std::span<const std::uint8_t>{original});
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(from_span, from_vector);
+    }
+
     constexpr std::size_t span_sizes[] = {
         1,
         std::numeric_limits<std::uint8_t>::max() - 1,   // bin8 near-max