From a4413d849d59f51421893f9bee9dfada630da362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RobinLockyer <lockyer.ro@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:38:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add `CowData::span()` and `CowData::operator Span()` from
 upstream Godot

---
 include/godot_cpp/templates/cowdata.hpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/godot_cpp/templates/cowdata.hpp b/include/godot_cpp/templates/cowdata.hpp
index 39ba5c8e7..cb1fa1a39 100644
--- a/include/godot_cpp/templates/cowdata.hpp
+++ b/include/godot_cpp/templates/cowdata.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <godot_cpp/core/math.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/core/memory.hpp>
 #include <godot_cpp/templates/safe_refcount.hpp>
+#include <godot_cpp/templates/span.hpp>
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <initializer_list>
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@ class CowData {
 		return OK;
 	}
 
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ operator Span<T>() const { return Span<T>(ptr(), size()); }
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ Span<T> span() const { return operator Span<T>(); }
+
 	Size find(const T &p_val, Size p_from = 0) const;
 	Size rfind(const T &p_val, Size p_from = -1) const;
 	Size count(const T &p_val) const;