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+//  (C) Copyright Steve Cleary, Beman Dawes, Howard Hinnant & 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/utility for most recent version including documentation.
+
+// call_traits: defines typedefs for function usage
+// (see libs/utility/call_traits.htm)
+
+/* Release notes:
+   23rd July 2000:
+      Fixed array specialization. (JM)
+      Added Borland specific fixes for reference types
+      (issue raised by Steve Cleary).
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOOST_DETAIL_CALL_TRAITS_HPP
+#define BOOST_DETAIL_CALL_TRAITS_HPP
+
+#ifndef BOOST_CONFIG_HPP
+#include <ndnboost/config.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_arithmetic.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_enum.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/detail/workaround.hpp>
+
+namespace ndnboost{
+
+namespace detail{
+
+template <typename T, bool small_>
+struct ct_imp2
+{
+   typedef const T& param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct ct_imp2<T, true>
+{
+   typedef const T param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T, bool isp, bool b1, bool b2>
+struct ct_imp
+{
+   typedef const T& param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T, bool isp, bool b2>
+struct ct_imp<T, isp, true, b2>
+{
+   typedef typename ct_imp2<T, sizeof(T) <= sizeof(void*)>::param_type param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T, bool isp, bool b1>
+struct ct_imp<T, isp, b1, true>
+{
+   typedef typename ct_imp2<T, sizeof(T) <= sizeof(void*)>::param_type param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T, bool b1, bool b2>
+struct ct_imp<T, true, b1, b2>
+{
+   typedef const T param_type;
+};
+
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+struct call_traits
+{
+public:
+   typedef T value_type;
+   typedef T& reference;
+   typedef const T& const_reference;
+   //
+   // C++ Builder workaround: we should be able to define a compile time
+   // constant and pass that as a single template parameter to ct_imp<T,bool>,
+   // however compiler bugs prevent this - instead pass three bool's to
+   // ct_imp<T,bool,bool,bool> and add an extra partial specialisation
+   // of ct_imp to handle the logic. (JM)
+   typedef typename ndnboost::detail::ct_imp<
+      T,
+      ::ndnboost::is_pointer<T>::value,
+      ::ndnboost::is_arithmetic<T>::value,
+      ::ndnboost::is_enum<T>::value
+   >::param_type param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct call_traits<T&>
+{
+   typedef T& value_type;
+   typedef T& reference;
+   typedef const T& const_reference;
+   typedef T& param_type;  // hh removed const
+};
+
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__,  < 0x5A0 )
+// these are illegal specialisations; cv-qualifies applied to
+// references have no effect according to [8.3.2p1],
+// C++ Builder requires them though as it treats cv-qualified
+// references as distinct types...
+template <typename T>
+struct call_traits<T&const>
+{
+   typedef T& value_type;
+   typedef T& reference;
+   typedef const T& const_reference;
+   typedef T& param_type;  // hh removed const
+};
+template <typename T>
+struct call_traits<T&volatile>
+{
+   typedef T& value_type;
+   typedef T& reference;
+   typedef const T& const_reference;
+   typedef T& param_type;  // hh removed const
+};
+template <typename T>
+struct call_traits<T&const volatile>
+{
+   typedef T& value_type;
+   typedef T& reference;
+   typedef const T& const_reference;
+   typedef T& param_type;  // hh removed const
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct call_traits< T * >
+{
+   typedef T * value_type;
+   typedef T * & reference;
+   typedef T * const & const_reference;
+   typedef T * const param_type;  // hh removed const
+};
+#endif
+#if !defined(BOOST_NO_ARRAY_TYPE_SPECIALIZATIONS)
+template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+struct call_traits<T [N]>
+{
+private:
+   typedef T array_type[N];
+public:
+   // degrades array to pointer:
+   typedef const T* value_type;
+   typedef array_type& reference;
+   typedef const array_type& const_reference;
+   typedef const T* const param_type;
+};
+
+template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+struct call_traits<const T [N]>
+{
+private:
+   typedef const T array_type[N];
+public:
+   // degrades array to pointer:
+   typedef const T* value_type;
+   typedef array_type& reference;
+   typedef const array_type& const_reference;
+   typedef const T* const param_type;
+};
+#endif
+
+}
+
+#endif // BOOST_DETAIL_CALL_TRAITS_HPP