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+/// @file xed-portability.h
+/// @author Mark Charney <mark.charney@intel.com>
+
+#ifndef _XED_PORTABILITY_H_
+# define _XED_PORTABILITY_H_
+# include "xed-types.h"
+
+#define STATIC_CAST(x,y) ((x) (y))
+#define REINTERPRET_CAST(x,y) ((x) (y))
+
+XED_DLL_EXPORT xed_uint_t xed_strlen(const char* s);
+XED_DLL_EXPORT void xed_strcat(char* dst, const char* src);
+XED_DLL_EXPORT void xed_strcpy(char* dst, const char* src);
+/// returns the number of bytes remaining for the next use of #xed_strncpy() or #xed_strncat() .
+XED_DLL_EXPORT int xed_strncpy(char* dst, const char* src, int len);
+/// returns the number of bytes remaining for the next use of #xed_strncpy() or #xed_strncat() .
+XED_DLL_EXPORT int xed_strncat(char* dst, const char* src, int len);
+
+
+/* recognize VC98 */
+#if !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+# if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+# if _MSC_VER == 1200
+# define XED_MSVC6 1
+# endif
+# endif
+# if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+# if _MSC_VER == 1310
+# define XED_MSVC7 1
+# endif
+# endif
+# if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+# if _MSC_VER == 1400
+# define XED_MSVC8 1
+# endif
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/* I've had compatibilty problems here so I'm using a trivial indirection */
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+# if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+ /* cygwin's gcc 3.4.4 on windows complains */
+# define XED_FMT_X "%lx"
+# define XED_FMT_08X "%08lx"
+# define XED_FMT_D "%ld"
+# define XED_FMT_U "%lu"
+# define XED_FMT_9U "%9lu"
+# else
+# define XED_FMT_X "%x"
+# define XED_FMT_08X "%08x"
+# define XED_FMT_D "%d"
+# define XED_FMT_U "%u"
+# define XED_FMT_9U "%9u"
+# endif
+#else
+# define XED_FMT_X "%x"
+# define XED_FMT_08X "%08x"
+# define XED_FMT_D "%d"
+# define XED_FMT_U "%u"
+# define XED_FMT_9U "%9u"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__LP64__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
+# define XED_FMT_LX "%lx"
+# define XED_FMT_LU "%lu"
+# define XED_FMT_LD "%ld"
+# define XED_FMT_LX16 "%016lx"
+#else
+# define XED_FMT_LX "%llx"
+# define XED_FMT_LU "%llu"
+# define XED_FMT_LD "%lld"
+# define XED_FMT_LX16 "%016llx"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_M_IA64)
+# define XED_IPF
+# define XED_FMT_SIZET "%ld"
+#else
+# define XED_FMT_SIZET "%d"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+# define XED_INLINE inline
+# define XED_NORETURN __attribute__ ((noreturn))
+# if __GNUC__ == 2
+# define XED_NOINLINE
+# else
+# define XED_NOINLINE __attribute__ ((noinline))
+# endif
+#else
+# define XED_INLINE __inline
+# if defined(XED_MSVC6)
+# define XED_NOINLINE
+# else
+# define XED_NOINLINE __declspec(noinline)
+# endif
+# define XED_NORETURN __declspec(noreturn)
+#endif
+
+#endif // _XED_PORTABILITY_H_
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//Local Variables:
+//pref: "../../xed-portability.c"
+//End:
