What is a span and when should I use one? - Stack Overflow What is a "span"? A span<T> is: A very lightweight abstraction of a contiguous sequence of values of type T somewhere in memory Basically a struct { T * ptr; std::size_t size; } with a bunch of convenience methods A non-owning type (i e a "reference-type" rather than a "value type"): It never allocates nor deallocates anything and does not keep smart pointers alive It was formerly known as
What is the difference between lt;p gt;, lt;div gt; and lt;span gt; in HTML XHTML? As others have answered… div and p are “block elements” (now redefined as Flow Content) and span is an “inline element” (Phrasing Content) Yes, you may change the default presentation of these elements, but there is a difference between “flow” versus “block”, and “phrasing” versus “inline”
html - Font color vs span style - Stack Overflow I never said Span or div are deprecated, I find it hard to believe they will ever be deprecated span was designed exactly for its purpose: to non semantically be able to change certain parts of text