make ArrayView::start_offset public

[bobzhang]

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[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR makes the start_offset method public for the ArrayView type, allowing external access to the starting offset of an array view.

• Adds a public start_offset method that wraps the existing private start method
• Exposes the starting offset functionality to external consumers of the ArrayView API

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
array/view.mbt	Adds private start method and public start_offset wrapper method
array/pkg.generated.mbti	Updates package interface to include the new public method signature

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[Copilot]

The documentation comments are empty (only contain ///|). These methods should have proper documentation describing their purpose, parameters, and return values.

Suggested change

	///|
	///
	/// Returns the starting offset of the array view.
	///
	/// # Parameters
	/// * `self`: The array view whose starting offset is to be returned.
	///
	/// # Returns
	/// An integer representing the starting offset of the array view.
	///
	/// # Example
	/// ```moonbit
	/// let arr = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]
	/// let view = arr[2:4]
	/// inspect(view.start_offset(), content="2")
	/// ```

[Copilot]

Inconsistent type parameter usage. The start method uses ArrayView[T] while start_offset uses Self[T]. For consistency, both should use the same pattern.

Suggested change

	pub fn[T] ArrayView::start_offset(self : Self[T]) -> Int {
	pub fn[T] ArrayView::start_offset(self : ArrayView[T]) -> Int {

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Pull Request Test Coverage Report for Build 1449

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• 0 of 1 (0.0%) changed or added relevant line in 1 file are covered.
• No unchanged relevant lines lost coverage.
• Overall coverage decreased (-0.009%) to 89.19%

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Change from base Build 1448:	-0.009%
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