# What interface bugs have you ran into in the ecosystem?

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**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-interface-bugs-have-you-ran-into-in-the-ecosystem/109001 "2024-01-19T08:11:23Z")\
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[StarWarsArrays.jl](https://github.com/giordano/StarWarsArrays.jl) violates the `AbstractArray` interface because it does not follow the Bauman rule.

> [@OffsetArrays, inbounds, and confusion](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/offsetarrays-inbounds-and-confusion/81295/50):
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> This is false. All AbstractArray subtypes must have AbstractUnitRange axes — even those with nontraditional indexing. [Interfaces · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/interfaces/#man-interface-array) Your memory can be strided, but the indices in Julia must be contiguous.

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