`view(v, 1:N)` did cause an allocation in previous versions, but the allocation was a small, fixed size while `v[1:N]` would allocate memory proportional to `N`

`view(v, 1:N)` did cause an allocation in previous versions, but the allocation was a small, fixed size while `v[1:N]` would allocate memory proportional to `N`. From what I understand, this was required to avoid garbage collection of `v` in cases where the view would be the only remaining reference to that array. In 1.5, changes to the GC allow views to be placed on the stack now.