{

const int ndims=3;

typedef boost::multi_array_ref<int,ndims> array_ref;

boost::array<array_ref::size_type,ndims> sma_dims = {{2,3,4}};

int data[] = {77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,

77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77,77};

array_ref sma(data,sma_dims);

int num = 0;

for (array_ref::index i = 0; i != 2; ++i)

for (array_ref::index j = 0; j != 3; ++j)

for (array_ref::index k = 0; k != 4; ++k)

sma[i][j][k] = num++;

const array_ref& sma_const = sma;

array_ref::const_subarray<ndims-1>::type sba = sma_const[0];

for (array_ref::index j = 0; j != 3; ++j)

for (array_ref::index k = 0; k != 4; ++k)

sba[j][k] = num++; // FAIL! can't assign to const_subarray.

return boost::report_errors();