ray shape and indexing information to be
passed to a <code class="literal">multi_array</code>, 
<code class="literal">multi_array_ref</code>, or <code class="literal">const_multi_array_ref</code>
constructor. Its interface mimics 
 the syntax used to declare built-in array types
in C++. For example, while a 3-dimensional array of 
<code class="computeroutput">int</code> values in C++ would be
declared as:
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<pre class="programlisting">int A[3][4][5],</pre>
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a similar <code class="computeroutput">multi