From 27bc6203b3e25eadda736f6995fdb4ca52f8efbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Dixon <dixonsco@amazon.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:51:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for span of pointers (#117)

fixes #115
---
 cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_pf20_span.cpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 include/cetl/pf20/span.hpp                  |  1 -
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_pf20_span.cpp b/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_pf20_span.cpp
index 8615c562..5e35d5ed 100644
--- a/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_pf20_span.cpp
+++ b/cetlvast/suites/unittest/test_pf20_span.cpp
@@ -997,4 +997,17 @@ TEST(TestSpanCopyCtor, CopyCetlSpanToFromDynamic)
     ASSERT_EQ(fixture.data(), subject.data());
 }
 
+TEST(TestSpanPtrTypes, ViewOfPointerArray)
+{
+    const char* names[] {
+        "dan",
+        "doug",
+        "ernst",
+        "fred"
+    };
+    cetl::pf20::span<const char*> subject(names);
+    ASSERT_EQ(4, subject.size());
+    ASSERT_STREQ("doug", subject[1]);
+}
+
 }  //  namespace
diff --git a/include/cetl/pf20/span.hpp b/include/cetl/pf20/span.hpp
index cbd2192f..7a5cb5af 100644
--- a/include/cetl/pf20/span.hpp
+++ b/include/cetl/pf20/span.hpp
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ class span<T, dynamic_extent>
     // +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
     // | Required Properties
     // +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
-    static_assert(not std::is_pointer<T>::value, "Can not be a pointer type");
     static_assert(sizeof(element_type) != 0u, "Must have non zero element size");
 
     // +----------------------------------------------------------------------+