This happens if the range used to create the view does not span the entire axis of the parent array
julia> b = zeros(6, 2);
julia> r = Base.IdentityUnitRange(4:6);
julia> b[r, 2] .= 3
3-element view(::Array{Float64,2}, :, 2) with eltype Float64 with indices 4:6:
3.0
6.90395899974187e-310
6.90395899973673e-310
julia> b
6×2 Array{Float64,2}:
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0