couple_letter.hh

// couple_letter.hh: this file is part of the Vaucanson project.
//
// Vaucanson, a generic library for finite state machines.
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#ifndef VCSN_ALGEBRA_IMPLEMENTATION_LETTER_COUPLE_LETTER_HH
# define VCSN_ALGEBRA_IMPLEMENTATION_LETTER_COUPLE_LETTER_HH

# include <climits>
# include <string>
# include <iostream>

# include <vaucanson/algebra/concept/letter.hh>
# include <vaucanson/algebra/concept/freemonoid_base.hh>

// Here are functions to manipulate pairs.

namespace vcsn
{

  namespace algebra
  {

    template <typename U, typename V>
    struct letter_traits< std::pair<U, V> >
    {
        enum
        {
          /*
           * Theoretically   cardinal   should   be   the   product   of
           * letter_traits<U>::cardinal and letter_traits<V>::cardinal.
           * But to  avoid overflows and for
           * practical reasons, it is better to consider it infinite.
           *
           * FIXME: Maybe doing this is not a good idea?
           */
          cardinal = INT_MAX
        };
    };

  } // End of namespace algebra.
} // End of namespace vcsn.

namespace vcsn {
  // Specialization for pairs.
  template <typename S, typename U, typename V>
  bool op_parse (const algebra::FreeMonoidBase<S>& set,
                 std::basic_string< std::pair<U, V> >& v,
                 const std::string& s,
                 typename std::string::const_iterator& i,
                 const std::list<char>& escaped);


  namespace misc {

    template <typename U, typename V>
    std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& o, std::pair<U, V> p);

    template <typename U, typename V, class Traits, class Allocator>
    std::ostream&
    operator<< (std::ostream& o,
                std::basic_string<std::pair<U, V>, Traits, Allocator> s);

    template <typename U, typename V>
    std::istream& operator>> (std::istream& i, std::pair<U, V>& p);

  } // misc
} // vcsn

# if !defined VCSN_USE_INTERFACE_ONLY || defined VCSN_USE_LIB
#  include <vaucanson/algebra/implementation/letter/couple_letter.hxx>
# endif // VCSN_USE_INTERFACE_ONLY

#endif // ! VCSN_ALGEBRA_IMPLEMENTATION_LETTER_COUPLE_LETTER_HH

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