allow for different indexing

Author: Pietro Vertechi

src/metadataarray.jl

@@ -41,16 +41,24 @@ MetadataVector(v::AbstractVector, n = ()) = MetadataArray(v, n)
 
 Base.size(s::MetadataArray) = Base.size(parent(s))
 
+Base.IndexStyle(T::Type{<:MetadataArray{}}) = IndexStyle(_parent_type(T))
+
+Base.getindex(s::MetadataArray, x::Int) = getindex(parent(s), x)
+
 function Base.getindex(s::MetadataArray{T, M, N}, x::Vararg{Int, N}) where {T, M, N}
     getindex(parent(s), x...)
 end
 
+Base.setindex!(s::MetadataArray, el, x::Int) = setindex!(parent(s), el, x)
+
 function Base.setindex!(s::MetadataArray{T, M, N}, el, x::Vararg{Int, N}) where {T, M, N}
     setindex!(parent(s), el, x...)
 end
 
 Base.parent(s::MetadataArray) = s.parent
 
+_parent_type(::Type{MetadataArray{T, M, N, S}}) where {T,M,N,S} = S
+
 """
     metadata(s::MetadataArray)