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+//  boost cxx11_char_types.hpp  --------------------------------------------------------//
+
+//  Copyright Beman Dawes 2011
+
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  See http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
+//                                                                                      //
+//  The purpose of this header is to emulate the C++11 char16_t and char32_t            //
+//  character and string types so that they can be used in both C++11 and C++03         //
+//  programs.                                                                           //
+//                                                                                      //
+//  The emulation names use char16/char32 rather than char16_t/char32_t to avoid use    //
+//  of names that are keywords in C++11.                                                //
+//                                                                                      //
+//  The emulation names are placed in namespace boost, as is usual for Boost C++11      //
+//  emulation names such as those in header <boost/cstdint.hpp>.                        //
+//                                                                                      //
+//  An alternative would would have been to place the C++11 emulation names at global   //
+//  scope, and put the C++11 string types in namespace std. That is the approach taken  //
+//  by Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, but is controversion with some Boost users and     //
+//  developers, and runs counter to usual Boost practice.                               //
+//                                                                                      //
+//  Thanks to Mathias Gaunard and others for discussions leading to the final form      //
+//  of these typedefs.                                                                  //
+//                                                                                      //
+//   Boost               C++11            C++03                                         //
+//   ----------------    --------------   --------------------------------              //
+//   boost::char16       char16_t         uint16_t                                      //
+//   boost::char32       char32_t         uint32_t                                      //
+//   boost::u16string    std::u16string   std::basic_string<boost::char16>              //
+//   boost::u32string    std::u32string   std::basic_string<boost::char32>              //
+//                                                                                      //
+//   Uses the typedefs provided by Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 if present                 //
+//                                                                                      //
+//   Thanks to Mathias Gaunard and others for discussions leading to the final form     //
+//   of these typedefs.                                                                 //
+//                                                                                      //
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
+
+#if !defined(BOOST_CXX11_CHAR_TYPES_HPP)
+# define BOOST_CXX11_CHAR_TYPES_HPP
+
+# include <boost/config.hpp>
+# include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+# include <string>
+
+namespace boost
+{
+
+# if defined(BOOST_NO_CHAR16_T) && (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER < 1600)  // 1600 == VC++10 
+    typedef boost::uint_least16_t             char16;
+    typedef std::basic_string<boost::char16>  u16string;
+# else
+    typedef char16_t                          char16;
+    typedef std::u16string                    u16string;
+# endif
+
+# if defined(BOOST_NO_CHAR32_T) && (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER < 1600)  // 1600 == VC++10 
+    typedef  boost::uint_least32_t            char32;
+    typedef std::basic_string<boost::char32>  u32string;
+# else
+    typedef char32_t                          char32;
+    typedef std::u32string                    u32string;
+# endif
+
+}  // namespace boost
+
+#endif  // !defined(BOOST_CXX11_CHAR_TYPES_HPP)