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+#ifndef BOOST_HISTOGRAM_MULTI_CELL_HPP
+#define BOOST_HISTOGRAM_MULTI_CELL_HPP
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <boost/core/nvp.hpp>
+#include <boost/core/span.hpp>
+#include <boost/histogram.hpp>
+#include <boost/histogram/detail/iterator_adaptor.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <valarray>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace histogram {
+
+namespace detail {
+// CRTP
+template <class Base>
+struct multi_cell_mixin : public Base {
+  using element_type = typename Base::value_type;
+
+// multi_cell_value acts like an accumulator for multiple elemental values per bin
+  void operator()(const boost::span<element_type> values) { operator+=(values); }
+
+  template <class T>
+  void operator+=(const boost::span<T> values) {
+    check_size(values);
+    auto it = this->begin();
+    for (const T& x : values) *it++ += x;
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  bool operator==(const boost::span<T> values) const {
+    check_size(values);
+    return std::equal(this->begin(), this->end(), values.begin());
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  bool operator!=(const boost::span<T> values) const {
+    return !operator==(values);
+  }
+
+  private:
+    template <class T>
+    bool check_size(const boost::span<T> values) const {
+      if (values.size() != this->size()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("size does not match");
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+template <class ElementType = double>
+class multi_cell {
+public:
+  using element_type = ElementType;
+
+  class value_type : public detail::multi_cell_mixin<std::valarray<element_type>> {
+    multi_cell_value(boost::span<element_type> values) {
+      this->assign(values.begin(), values.end());
+    }
+    multi_cell_value() = default;
+
+    template <class S>
+    void operator=(const S values) {
+      this->assign(values.begin(), values.end());
+    }
+  };
+
+  struct reference : public multi_cell_mixin<boost::span<element_type>> {
+
+    template <class S>
+    void operator=(const S values) {
+      if (values.size() != this->size()) throw std::runtime_error("size does not match");
+      auto it = this->begin();
+      for (const T& x : values) *it++ = x;
+    }
+  };
+
+  using reference = multi_cell_reference<element_type>;
+  using const_reference = const reference;
+
+  template <class Value, class Reference, class MWPtr>
+  struct iterator_base
+      : public detail::iterator_adaptor<iterator_base<Value, Reference, MWPtr>,
+                                        std::size_t, Reference> {
+    using base_type = detail::iterator_adaptor<iterator_base<Value, Reference, MWPtr>,
+                                               std::size_t, Reference>;
+
+    iterator_base() = default;
+    iterator_base(const iterator_base& other) : iterator_base(other.par_, other.base()) {}
+    iterator_base(MWPtr par, std::size_t idx) : base_type{idx}, par_{par} {}
+
+    decltype(auto) operator*() const {
+      return Reference{par_->buffer_.get() + this->base() * par_->nelem_, par_->nelem_};
+    }
+
+    MWPtr par_ = nullptr;
+  };
+
+  using iterator = iterator_base<value_type, reference, multi_cell*>;
+  using const_iterator =
+      iterator_base<const value_type, const_reference, const multi_cell*>;
+
+  static constexpr bool has_threading_support() { return false; }
+
+  multi_cell(const std::size_t k = 0) : nelem_{k} {}
+
+  multi_cell(const multi_cell& other) { *this = other; }
+
+  multi_cell& operator=(const multi_cell& other) {
+    nelem_ = other.nelem_;
+    reset(other.size_);
+    std::copy(other.buffer_.get(), other.buffer_.get() + size_ * nelem_, buffer_.get());
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  std::size_t size() const { return size_; }
+
+  void reset(std::size_t n) {
+    size_ = n;
+    buffer_.reset(new element_type[size_ * nelem_]);
+    default_fill();
+  }
+
+  template <class T = element_type,
+            std::enable_if_t<!std::is_arithmetic<T>::value, bool> = true>
+  void default_fill() {}
+
+  template <class T = element_type,
+            std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic<T>::value, bool> = true>
+  void default_fill() {
+    std::fill_n(buffer_.get(), size_ * nelem_, 0);
+  }
+
+  iterator begin() { return {this, 0}; }
+  iterator end() { return {this, size_}; }
+
+  const_iterator begin() const { return {this, 0}; }
+  const_iterator end() const { return {this, size_}; }
+
+  reference operator[](std::size_t i) {
+    return reference{buffer_.get() + i * nelem_, nelem_};
+  }
+  const_reference operator[](std::size_t i) const {
+    return const_reference{buffer_.get() + i * nelem_, nelem_};
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  bool operator==(const multi_cell<T>& other) const {
+    if (size_ * nelem_ != other.size_ * other.nelem_) return false;
+    return std::equal(buffer_.get(), buffer_.get() + size_ * nelem_, other.buffer_.get());
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  bool operator!=(const multi_cell<T>& other) const {
+    return !operator==(other);
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  void operator+=(const multi_cell<T>& other) {
+    if (size_ * nelem_ != other.size_ * other.nelem_) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("size does not match");
+    }
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size_ * nelem_; i++) { buffer_[i] += other.buffer_[i]; }
+  }
+
+  template <class Archive>
+  void serialize(Archive& ar, unsigned /* version */) {
+    ar& make_nvp("size", size_);
+    ar& make_nvp("nelem", nelem_);
+    std::vector<element_type> w;
+    if (Archive::is_loading::value) {
+      ar& make_nvp("buffer", w);
+      reset(size_);
+      std::swap_ranges(buffer_.get(), buffer_.get() + size_ * nelem_, w.data());
+    } else {
+      w.assign(buffer_.get(), buffer_.get() + size_ * nelem_);
+      ar& make_nvp("buffer", w);
+    }
+  }
+
+public:
+  std::size_t size_ = 0;  // Number of bins
+  std::size_t nelem_ = 0; // Number of weights per bin
+  std::unique_ptr<element_type[]> buffer_;
+};
+
+template <class T>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const multi_cell_value<T>& v) {
+  os << "multi_cell_value(";
+  bool first = true;
+  for (const T& x : v)
+    if (first) {
+      first = false;
+      os << x;
+    } else
+      os << ", " << x;
+  os << ")";
+  return os;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const multi_cell_reference<T>& v) {
+  os << "multi_cell_reference(";
+  bool first = true;
+  for (const T& x : v)
+    if (first) {
+      first = false;
+      os << x;
+    } else
+      os << ", " << x;
+  os << ")";
+  return os;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const multi_cell<T>& v) {
+  os << "multi_cell(\n";
+  int index = 0;
+  for (const multi_cell_reference<T>& x : v) {
+    os << "Index " << index << ": " << x << "\n";
+    index++;
+  }
+  os << ")";
+  return os;
+}
+
+} // namespace histogram
+} // namespace boost
+
+#endif