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+//  (C) Copyright John maddock 1999. 
+//  (C) David Abrahams 2002.  Distributed under the Boost
+//  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+// use this header as a workaround for missing <limits>
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/compatibility/index.html for documentation.
+
+#ifndef BOOST_LIMITS
+#define BOOST_LIMITS
+
+#include <ndnboost/config.hpp>
+
+#ifdef BOOST_NO_LIMITS
+#  error "There is no std::numeric_limits suppport available."
+#else
+# include <limits>
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG) && defined(BOOST_NO_LONG_LONG_NUMERIC_LIMITS)) \
+      || (defined(BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64) && defined(BOOST_NO_MS_INT64_NUMERIC_LIMITS))
+// Add missing specializations for numeric_limits:
+#ifdef BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
+#  define BOOST_LLT __int64
+#  define BOOST_ULLT unsigned __int64
+#else
+#  define BOOST_LLT  ::ndnboost::long_long_type
+#  define BOOST_ULLT  ::ndnboost::ulong_long_type
+#endif
+
+#include <climits>  // for CHAR_BIT
+
+namespace std
+{
+  template<>
+  class numeric_limits<BOOST_LLT> 
+  {
+   public:
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_specialized = true);
+#ifdef BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
+      static BOOST_LLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return 0x8000000000000000i64; }
+      static BOOST_LLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFi64; }
+#elif defined(LLONG_MAX)
+      static BOOST_LLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return LLONG_MIN; }
+      static BOOST_LLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return LLONG_MAX; }
+#elif defined(LONGLONG_MAX)
+      static BOOST_LLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return LONGLONG_MIN; }
+      static BOOST_LLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return LONGLONG_MAX; }
+#else
+      static BOOST_LLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return 1LL << (sizeof(BOOST_LLT) * CHAR_BIT - 1); }
+      static BOOST_LLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return ~(min)(); }
+#endif
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, digits = sizeof(BOOST_LLT) * CHAR_BIT -1);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, digits10 = (CHAR_BIT * sizeof (BOOST_LLT) - 1) * 301L / 1000);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_signed = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_integer = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_exact = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, radix = 2);
+      static BOOST_LLT epsilon() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_LLT round_error() throw() { return 0; };
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, min_exponent = 0);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, min_exponent10 = 0);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, max_exponent = 0);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, max_exponent10 = 0);
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_infinity = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_quiet_NaN = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_signaling_NaN = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_denorm = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_denorm_loss = false);
+      static BOOST_LLT infinity() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_LLT quiet_NaN() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_LLT signaling_NaN() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_LLT denorm_min() throw() { return 0; };
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_iec559 = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_bounded = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_modulo = true);
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, traps = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, tinyness_before = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(float_round_style, round_style = round_toward_zero);
+      
+  };
+
+  template<>
+  class numeric_limits<BOOST_ULLT> 
+  {
+   public:
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_specialized = true);
+#ifdef BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
+      static BOOST_ULLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return 0ui64; }
+      static BOOST_ULLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFui64; }
+#elif defined(ULLONG_MAX) && defined(ULLONG_MIN)
+      static BOOST_ULLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return ULLONG_MIN; }
+      static BOOST_ULLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return ULLONG_MAX; }
+#elif defined(ULONGLONG_MAX) && defined(ULONGLONG_MIN)
+      static BOOST_ULLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return ULONGLONG_MIN; }
+      static BOOST_ULLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return ULONGLONG_MAX; }
+#else
+      static BOOST_ULLT min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return 0uLL; }
+      static BOOST_ULLT max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (){ return ~0uLL; }
+#endif
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, digits = sizeof(BOOST_LLT) * CHAR_BIT);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, digits10 = (CHAR_BIT * sizeof (BOOST_LLT)) * 301L / 1000);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_signed = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_integer = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_exact = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, radix = 2);
+      static BOOST_ULLT epsilon() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_ULLT round_error() throw() { return 0; };
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, min_exponent = 0);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, min_exponent10 = 0);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, max_exponent = 0);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, max_exponent10 = 0);
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_infinity = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_quiet_NaN = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_signaling_NaN = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_denorm = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, has_denorm_loss = false);
+      static BOOST_ULLT infinity() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_ULLT quiet_NaN() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_ULLT signaling_NaN() throw() { return 0; };
+      static BOOST_ULLT denorm_min() throw() { return 0; };
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_iec559 = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_bounded = true);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, is_modulo = true);
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, traps = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, tinyness_before = false);
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(float_round_style, round_style = round_toward_zero);
+      
+  };
+}
+#endif 
+
+#endif
+