add GSL as a development dependency

external/include/gsl/gsl_algorithm

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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This code is licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+// THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef GSL_ALGORITHM_H
+#define GSL_ALGORITHM_H
+
+#include <gsl/gsl_assert> // for Expects
+#include <gsl/span>       // for dynamic_extent, span
+
+#include <algorithm>   // for copy_n
+#include <cstddef>     // for ptrdiff_t
+#include <type_traits> // for is_assignable
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(push)
+
+// turn off some warnings that are noisy about our Expects statements
+#pragma warning(disable : 4127) // conditional expression is constant
+#pragma warning(disable : 4996) // unsafe use of std::copy_n
+
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
+namespace gsl
+{
+// Note: this will generate faster code than std::copy using span iterator in older msvc+stl
+// not necessary for msvc since VS2017 15.8 (_MSC_VER >= 1915)
+template <class SrcElementType, std::size_t SrcExtent, class DestElementType,
+          std::size_t DestExtent>
+void copy(span<SrcElementType, SrcExtent> src, span<DestElementType, DestExtent> dest)
+{
+    static_assert(std::is_assignable<decltype(*dest.data()), decltype(*src.data())>::value,
+                  "Elements of source span can not be assigned to elements of destination span");
+    static_assert(SrcExtent == dynamic_extent || DestExtent == dynamic_extent ||
+                      (SrcExtent <= DestExtent),
+                  "Source range is longer than target range");
+
+    Expects(dest.size() >= src.size());
+    GSL_SUPPRESS(stl.1) // NO-FORMAT: attribute
+    std::copy_n(src.data(), src.size(), dest.data());
+}
+
+} // namespace gsl
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(pop)
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
+#endif // GSL_ALGORITHM_H