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+//  (c) Copyright Fernando Luis Cacciola Carballal 2000-2004
+//  Use, modification, and distribution is subject to 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)
+
+//  See library home page at http://www.boost.org/libs/numeric/conversion
+//
+// Contact the author at: fernando_cacciola@hotmail.com
+// 
+#ifndef BOOST_NUMERIC_CONVERSION_BOUNDS_DETAIL_FLC_12NOV2002_HPP
+#define BOOST_NUMERIC_CONVERSION_BOUNDS_DETAIL_FLC_12NOV2002_HPP
+
+#include "ndnboost/limits.hpp"
+#include "ndnboost/config.hpp"
+#include "ndnboost/mpl/if.hpp"
+
+namespace ndnboost { namespace numeric { namespace boundsdetail
+{
+  template<class N>
+  class Integral
+  {
+      typedef std::numeric_limits<N> limits ;
+
+    public :
+    
+      static N lowest  () { return limits::min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (); }
+      static N highest () { return limits::max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (); }
+      static N smallest() { return static_cast<N>(1); }
+  } ;
+
+  template<class N>
+  class Float
+  {
+      typedef std::numeric_limits<N> limits ;
+
+    public :
+    
+      static N lowest  () { return static_cast<N>(-limits::max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION ()) ; }
+      static N highest () { return limits::max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (); }
+      static N smallest() { return limits::min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION (); }
+  } ;
+
+  template<class N>
+  struct get_impl
+  {
+    typedef mpl::bool_< ::std::numeric_limits<N>::is_integer > is_int ;
+
+    typedef Integral<N> impl_int   ;
+    typedef Float   <N> impl_float ;
+
+    typedef typename mpl::if_<is_int,impl_int,impl_float>::type type ;
+  } ;
+
+} } } // namespace ndnboost::numeric::boundsdetail.
+
+#endif
+//
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////