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+//  (C) Copyright John Maddock 2000.
+//  Use, modification and distribution are 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 http://www.boost.org/libs/static_assert for documentation.
+
+/*
+ Revision history:
+   02 August 2000
+      Initial version.
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_HPP
+#define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_HPP
+
+#include <ndnboost/config.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/detail/workaround.hpp>
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
+//
+// This is horrible, but it seems to be the only we can shut up the
+// "anonymous variadic macros were introduced in C99 [-Wvariadic-macros]"
+// warning that get spewed out otherwise in non-C++11 mode.
+//
+#pragma GCC system_header
+#endif
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_STATIC_ASSERT
+#  ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG( ... ) static_assert(__VA_ARGS__)
+#  else
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG( B, Msg ) BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B )
+#  endif
+#else
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG( B, Msg ) BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B )
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __BORLANDC__
+//
+// workaround for buggy integral-constant expression support:
+#define BOOST_BUGGY_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT_EXPRESSIONS
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 3) && ((__GNUC_MINOR__ == 3) || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 4))
+// gcc 3.3 and 3.4 don't produce good error messages with the default version:
+#  define BOOST_SA_GCC_WORKAROUND
+#endif
+
+//
+// If the compiler issues warnings about old C style casts,
+// then enable this:
+//
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ((__GNUC__ > 3) || ((__GNUC__ == 3) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4)))
+#  ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( ... ) ((__VA_ARGS__) == 0 ? false : true)
+#  else
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( x ) ((x) == 0 ? false : true)
+#  endif
+#else
+#  ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( ... ) (bool)(__VA_ARGS__)
+#  else
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST(x) (bool)(x)
+#  endif
+#endif
+//
+// If the compiler warns about unused typedefs then enable this:
+//
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7)))
+#  define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_UNUSED_ATTRIBUTE __attribute__((unused))
+#else
+#  define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_UNUSED_ATTRIBUTE
+#endif
+
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_STATIC_ASSERT
+#  ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( ... ) static_assert(__VA_ARGS__, #__VA_ARGS__)
+#  else
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) static_assert(B, #B)
+#  endif
+#else
+
+namespace ndnboost{
+
+// HP aCC cannot deal with missing names for template value parameters
+template <bool x> struct STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE;
+
+template <> struct STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE<true> { enum { value = 1 }; };
+
+// HP aCC cannot deal with missing names for template value parameters
+template<int x> struct static_assert_test{};
+
+}
+
+//
+// Implicit instantiation requires that all member declarations be
+// instantiated, but that the definitions are *not* instantiated.
+//
+// It's not particularly clear how this applies to enum's or typedefs;
+// both are described as declarations [7.1.3] and [7.2] in the standard,
+// however some compilers use "delayed evaluation" of one or more of
+// these when implicitly instantiating templates.  We use typedef declarations
+// by default, but try defining BOOST_USE_ENUM_STATIC_ASSERT if the enum
+// version gets better results from your compiler...
+//
+// Implementation:
+// Both of these versions rely on sizeof(incomplete_type) generating an error
+// message containing the name of the incomplete type.  We use
+// "STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE" as the type name here to generate
+// an eye catching error message.  The result of the sizeof expression is either
+// used as an enum initialiser, or as a template argument depending which version
+// is in use...
+// Note that the argument to the assert is explicitly cast to bool using old-
+// style casts: too many compilers currently have problems with static_cast
+// when used inside integral constant expressions.
+//
+#if !defined(BOOST_BUGGY_INTEGRAL_CONSTANT_EXPRESSIONS)
+
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC < 1300)
+// __LINE__ macro broken when -ZI is used see Q199057
+// fortunately MSVC ignores duplicate typedef's.
+#define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) \
+   typedef ::ndnboost::static_assert_test<\
+      sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< (bool)( B ) >)\
+      > boost_static_assert_typedef_
+#elif defined(BOOST_MSVC) && defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS)
+#define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) \
+   typedef ::ndnboost::static_assert_test<\
+      sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST ( B ) >)>\
+         BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __COUNTER__)
+#elif defined(BOOST_MSVC)
+#define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(...) \
+   typedef ::ndnboost::static_assert_test<\
+      sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST (__VA_ARGS__) >)>\
+         BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __COUNTER__)
+#elif (defined(BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION) || defined(BOOST_SA_GCC_WORKAROUND))  && defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS)
+// agurt 15/sep/02: a special care is needed to force Intel C++ issue an error 
+// instead of warning in case of failure
+# define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) \
+    typedef char BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __LINE__) \
+        [ ::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( B ) >::value ]
+#elif (defined(BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION) || defined(BOOST_SA_GCC_WORKAROUND))  && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS)
+// agurt 15/sep/02: a special care is needed to force Intel C++ issue an error 
+// instead of warning in case of failure
+# define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(...) \
+    typedef char BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __LINE__) \
+        [ ::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( __VA_ARGS__ ) >::value ]
+#elif defined(__sgi)
+// special version for SGI MIPSpro compiler
+#define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) \
+   BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, \
+     BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_test_, __LINE__) = ( B )); \
+   typedef ::ndnboost::static_assert_test<\
+     sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< \
+       BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_test_, __LINE__) >)>\
+         BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __LINE__)
+#elif BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, <= 0x3003)
+// special version for CodeWarrior <= 8.x
+#define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) \
+   BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, \
+     BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_test_, __LINE__) = \
+       sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( B ) >) )
+#else
+// generic version
+#  ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( ... ) \
+         typedef ::ndnboost::static_assert_test<\
+            sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( __VA_ARGS__ ) >)>\
+               BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __LINE__) BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_UNUSED_ATTRIBUTE
+#  else
+#     define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( B ) \
+         typedef ::ndnboost::static_assert_test<\
+            sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_BOOL_CAST( B ) >)>\
+               BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_typedef_, __LINE__) BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_UNUSED_ATTRIBUTE
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#else
+// alternative enum based implementation:
+#  ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+#    define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( ... ) \
+         enum { BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_enum_, __LINE__) \
+            = sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< (bool)( __VA_ARGS__ ) >) }
+#  else
+#    define BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(B) \
+         enum { BOOST_JOIN(boost_static_assert_enum_, __LINE__) \
+            = sizeof(::ndnboost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< (bool)( B ) >) }
+#  endif
+#endif
+#endif // defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_STATIC_ASSERT)
+
+#endif // BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_HPP
+
+