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+#ifndef DEFINITIONS_GROUP
+#define DEFINITIONS_GROUP
+
+/*****************************************************************************\
+* *
+* Name : definitions *
+* Author : Chris Koeritz *
+* *
+*******************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 1991-$now By Author. This program is free software; you can *
+* redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public *
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of *
+* the License or (at your option) any later version. This is online at: *
+* http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html *
+* Please send any updates to: fred@gruntose.com *
+\*****************************************************************************/
+
+//! @file "definitions.h" Constants and objects used throughout HOOPLE.
+/*! @file
+ Defines a set of useful universal constants (for our chosen universe) and
+ a set of aliases for convenient abstract and concrete data types.
+ This is the lowest-level header in hoople and should not include any others.
+*/
+
+namespace basis {
+
+//////////////
+
+// Constants...
+
+//! The value representing a pointer to nothing, or nothing itself.
+#define NIL 0
+
+//! A fundamental constant measuring the number of bits in a byte.
+#define BITS_PER_BYTE 8
+
+//! An approximation of the fundamental circular constant.
+#define PI_APPROX 3.14159265358
+
+//////////////
+
+// Data Structures & Functions
+
+//! This macro just eats what it's passed; it marks unused formal parameters.
+#define formal(parameter)
+
+//! A fairly important unit which is seldom defined...
+typedef unsigned char abyte;
+/* ridiculous! all to shut microsoft up about ambiguous byte definitions,
+which seems like a bug.
+struct byte {
+ byte(unsigned char b = 0) : c_data(b) {}
+// byte(char b) : c_data(b) {}
+ operator unsigned char() const { return c_data; }
+ operator char() const { return c_data; }
+ operator int() const { return c_data; }
+ operator unsigned int() const { return c_data; }
+ operator bool() const { return (bool)c_data; }
+ byte operator &(byte and_with) { return c_data & and_with; }
+ byte operator |(byte or_with) { return c_data & or_with; }
+ unsigned char c_data;
+};
+*/
+
+#if defined(UNICODE) && defined(__WIN32__)
+ //! the flexichar type is always appropriate to hold data for win32 calls.
+ typedef wchar_t flexichar;
+#else
+ // this version simply defangs any conversions.
+ typedef char flexichar;
+#endif
+
+//! Abbreviated name for unsigned integers.
+typedef unsigned int un_int;
+//! Abbreviated name for unsigned short integers.
+typedef unsigned short un_short;
+//! Abbreviated name for unsigned long integers.
+typedef unsigned long un_long;
+
+// some maximum and minimum values that are helpful.
+#ifndef MAXINT32
+ //! Maximum 32-bit integer value.
+ #define MAXINT32 0x7fffffff
+#endif
+#ifndef MININT32
+ //! Minimum 32-bit integer value.
+ #define MININT32 0x80000000
+#endif
+#ifndef MAXINT16
+ //! Maximum 32-bit integer value.
+ #define MAXINT16 0x7fff
+#endif
+#ifndef MININT16
+ //! Minimum 32-bit integer value.
+ #define MININT16 0x8000
+#endif
+#ifndef MAXCHAR
+ //! Maximum byte-based character value.
+ #define MAXCHAR 0x7f
+#endif
+#ifndef MINCHAR
+ //! Minimum byte-based character value.
+ #define MINCHAR 0x80
+#endif
+#ifndef MAXBYTE
+ //! Maximum unsigned byte value.
+ #define MAXBYTE 0xff
+#endif
+#ifndef MINBYTE
+ //! Minimum unsigned byte value.
+ #define MINBYTE 0x00
+#endif
+
+// Provide definitions for integers with platform independent specific sizes.
+// Note that these may have to be adjusted for 64 bit platforms.
+typedef char int8;
+typedef unsigned char uint8;
+typedef signed short int16;
+typedef unsigned short uint16;
+typedef signed int int32;
+typedef unsigned int uint32;
+
+//////////////
+
+// useful time constants.
+
+// the _ms suffix indicates that these are measured in milliseconds.
+const int SECOND_ms = 1000; //!< Number of milliseconds in a second.
+const int MINUTE_ms = 60 * SECOND_ms; //!< Number of milliseconds in a minute.
+const int HOUR_ms = 60 * MINUTE_ms; //!< Number of milliseconds in an hour.
+const int DAY_ms = 24 * HOUR_ms; //!< Number of milliseconds in a day.
+
+// the _s suffix indicates that these are measured in seconds.
+const int MINUTE_s = 60; //!< Number of seconds in a minute.
+const int HOUR_s = 60 * MINUTE_s; //!< Number of seconds in an hour.
+const int DAY_s = 24 * HOUR_s; //!< Number of seconds in a day.
+
+//////////////
+
+// useful general constants.
+
+const int KILOBYTE = 1024; //!< Number of bytes in a kilobyte.
+const int MEGABYTE = KILOBYTE * KILOBYTE; //!< Number of bytes in a megabyte.
+const int GIGABYTE = MEGABYTE * KILOBYTE; //!< Number of bytes in a gigabyte.
+const double TERABYTE = double(GIGABYTE) * double(KILOBYTE);
+//double TERABYTE() { return double(GIGABYTE) * double(KILOBYTE); }
+ //!< Number of bytes in a terabyte.
+// /*!< Implemented as a function to avoid annoying link errors for double
+// floating point constants in some compilers. */
+
+//////////////
+
+// Super basic objects...
+
+//! lowest level object for all hoople objects. supports run-time type id.
+
+class root_object
+{
+public:
+ virtual ~root_object() {}
+};
+
+//////////////
+
+// compiler specific dumping ground for global settings...
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ // turns off annoying complaints from visual c++.
+ #pragma warning(disable : 4251 4275 4003 4800 4355 4786 4290 4996 4407)
+ #pragma warning(error : 4172)
+ // 4251 and 4275 turn off warnings regarding statically linked code
+ // not being marked with dll import/export flags.
+ // 4003 turns off warnings about insufficient number of parameters passed
+ // to a macro.
+ // 4800 turns off the warning about conversion from int to bool not being
+ // efficient.
+ // 4355 turns off the warning re 'this' used in base member init list.
+ // 4786 turns off the warning about 'identifier' truncated to 'number'
+ // characters in the debug information which frequenly happens when
+ // STL pair and set templates are expanded.
+ // 4172 is made an error because this warning is emitted for a dangerous
+ // condition; the address of a local variable is being returned, making
+ // the returned object junk in almost all cases.
+ // 4996 turns off warnings about deprecated functions, which are mostly
+ // bullshit, since these are mainly the core posix functions.
+#endif // ms visual c++.
+
+//////////////
+
+} //namespace.
+
+#endif // outer guard.
+