str_words.hh

// str_words.hh: this file is part of the Vaucanson project.
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#ifndef VCSN_ALGEBRA_IMPLEMENTATION_FREE_MONOID_STR_WORDS_HH
# define VCSN_ALGEBRA_IMPLEMENTATION_FREE_MONOID_STR_WORDS_HH

# include <string>
# include <vaucanson/algebra/implementation/free_monoid/words.hh>
# include <vaucanson/algebra/implementation/alphabets/alphabet_set.hh>

namespace vcsn {

  namespace algebra {

    /*------------------------------------------.
    | Implementation of words with basic_string |
    `------------------------------------------*/

    template <typename A>
    void
    op_in_mul(const algebra::FreeMonoid<A>& s,
              std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>& dst,
              const std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>& src);

    template<typename A>
    std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>
    op_mul(const algebra::FreeMonoid<A>& s,
           const std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>& a,
           const std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>& b);

    template<typename A>
    const std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>&
    identity_value(SELECTOR(algebra::FreeMonoid<A>),
                   SELECTOR(std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>));

    // one can create words from a single character
    template<typename A>
    std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>
    op_convert(SELECTOR(algebra::FreeMonoid<A>),
               SELECTOR(std::basic_string<typename A::letter_t>),
               const typename A::letter_t& c);

  } // algebra

} // vcsn


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


#endif // ! VCSN_ALGEBRA_IMPLEMENTATION_FREE_MONOID_STR_WORDS_HH

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