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// Position types -*- C++ -*-

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// ISO C++ 14882: 27.4.1 - Types
// ISO C++ 14882: 27.4.3 - Template class fpos
//

/** @file postypes.h
 *  This is an internal header file, included by other library headers.
 *  You should not attempt to use it directly.
 */

#ifndef _GLIBCXX_POSTYPES_H
#define _GLIBCXX_POSTYPES_H 1

#pragma GCC system_header

#include <cwchar> // For mbstate_t

#ifdef _GLIBCXX_HAVE_STDINT_H
#include <stdint.h> // For int64_t
#endif

namespace std
{
  // The types streamoff, streampos and wstreampos and the class
  // template fpos<> are described in clauses 21.1.2, 21.1.3, 27.1.2,
  // 27.2, 27.4.1, 27.4.3 and D.6. Despite all this verbage, the
  // behaviour of these types is mostly implementation defined or
  // unspecified. The behaviour in this implementation is as noted
  // below.

  /**
   *  @brief  Type used by fpos, char_traits<char>, and char_traits<wchar_t>.
   *
   *  @if maint
   *  In clauses 21.1.3.1 and 27.4.1 streamoff is described as an
   *  implementation defined type.
   *  Note: In versions of GCC up to and including GCC 3.3, streamoff
   *  was typedef long.
   *  @endif
  */  
#ifdef _GLIBCXX_HAVE_INT64_T
  typedef int64_t       streamoff;
#else
  typedef long long     streamoff;
#endif

  /// Integral type for I/O operation counts and buffer sizes.
  typedef ptrdiff_t streamsize; // Signed integral type

  template<typename _StateT>
    class fpos;

  /**
   *  @brief  Class representing stream positions.
   *
   *  The standard places no requirements upon the template parameter StateT.
   *  In this implementation StateT must be DefaultConstructible,
   *  CopyConstructible and Assignable.  The standard only requires that fpos
   *  should contain a member of type StateT. In this implementation it also
   *  contains an offset stored as a signed integer.
   *
   *  @param  StateT  Type passed to and returned from state().
   */
  template<typename _StateT>
    class fpos
    {
    private:
      streamoff                 _M_off;
      _StateT           _M_state;

    public:
      // The standard doesn't require that fpos objects can be default
      // constructed. This implementation provides a default
      // constructor that initializes the offset to 0 and default
      // constructs the state.
      fpos()
      : _M_off(0), _M_state() { }

      // The standard requires that fpos objects can be constructed
      // from streamoff objects using the constructor syntax, and
      // fails to give any meaningful semantics. In this
      // implementation implicit conversion is also allowed, and this
      // constructor stores the streamoff as the offset and default
      // constructs the state.
      /// Construct position from offset.
      fpos(streamoff __off)
      : _M_off(__off), _M_state() { }

      /// Convert to streamoff.
      operator streamoff() const { return _M_off; }

      /// Remember the value of @a st.
      void
      state(_StateT __st)
      { _M_state = __st; }

      /// Return the last set value of @a st.
      _StateT
      state() const
      { return _M_state; }

      // The standard only requires that operator== must be an
      // equivalence relation. In this implementation two fpos<StateT>
      // objects belong to the same equivalence class if the contained
      // offsets compare equal.
      /// Test if equivalent to another position.
      bool
      operator==(const fpos& __other) const
      { return _M_off == __other._M_off; }

      /// Test if not equivalent to another position.
      bool
      operator!=(const fpos& __other) const
      { return _M_off != __other._M_off; }

      // The standard requires that this operator must be defined, but
      // gives no semantics. In this implemenation it just adds it's
      // argument to the stored offset and returns *this.
      /// Add offset to this position.
      fpos&
      operator+=(streamoff __off)
      {
    _M_off += __off;
    return *this;
      }

      // The standard requires that this operator must be defined, but
      // gives no semantics. In this implemenation it just subtracts
      // it's argument from the stored offset and returns *this.
      /// Subtract offset from this position.
      fpos&
      operator-=(streamoff __off)
      {
    _M_off -= __off;
    return *this;
      }

      // The standard requires that this operator must be defined, but
      // defines it's semantics only in terms of operator-. In this
      // implementation it constructs a copy of *this, adds the
      // argument to that copy using operator+= and then returns the
      // copy.
      /// Add position and offset.
      fpos
      operator+(streamoff __off) const
      {
    fpos __pos(*this);
    __pos += __off;
    return __pos;
      }

      // The standard requires that this operator must be defined, but
      // defines it's semantics only in terms of operator+. In this
      // implementation it constructs a copy of *this, subtracts the
      // argument from that copy using operator-= and then returns the
      // copy.
      /// Subtract offset from position.
      fpos
      operator-(streamoff __off) const
      {
    fpos __pos(*this);
    __pos -= __off;
    return __pos;
      }

      // The standard requires that this operator must be defined, but
      // defines it's semantics only in terms of operator+. In this
      // implementation it returns the difference between the offset
      // stored in *this and in the argument.
      /// Subtract position to return offset.
      streamoff
      operator-(const fpos& __other) const
      { return _M_off - __other._M_off; }
    };

  // Clauses 21.1.3.1 and 21.1.3.2 describe streampos and wstreampos
  // as implementation defined types, but clause 27.2 requires that
  // they must both be typedefs for fpos<mbstate_t>
  /// File position for char streams.
  typedef fpos<mbstate_t> streampos;
  /// File position for wchar_t streams.
  typedef fpos<mbstate_t> wstreampos;
} // namespace std

#endif

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