parent(A::AxisArray) = A.data

Author: timholy

src/core.jl

@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ end
 @inline Base.indices(A::AxisArray, Ax::Axis) = indices(A.data, axisdim(A, Ax))
 @inline Base.indices{Ax<:Axis}(A::AxisArray, ::Type{Ax}) = indices(A.data, axisdim(A, Ax))
 Base.convert{T,N}(::Type{Array{T,N}}, A::AxisArray{T,N}) = convert(Array{T,N}, A.data)
+Base.parent(A::AxisArray) = A.data
 # Similar is tricky. If we're just changing the element type, it can stay as an
 # AxisArray. But if we're changing dimensions, there's no way it can know how
 # to keep track of the axes, so just punt and return a regular old Array.

test/core.jl

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 A = AxisArray(reshape(1:24, 2,3,4), .1:.1:.2, .1:.1:.3, .1:.1:.4)
 @test_throws ArgumentError AxisArray(reshape(1:24, 2,3,4), .1:.1:.1, .1:.1:.3, .1:.1:.4)
 @test_throws ArgumentError AxisArray(reshape(1:24, 2,3,4), .1:.1:.1, .1:.1:.3)
+@test parent(A) === reshape(1:24, 2,3,4)
 # Test iteration
 for (a,b) in zip(A, A.data)
     @test a == b