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+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
+
+ This file is part of DCP-o-matic.
+
+ DCP-o-matic 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.
+
+ DCP-o-matic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with DCP-o-matic. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef DCPOMATIC_LOCALE_CONVERT_H
+#define DCPOMATIC_LOCALE_CONVERT_H
+
+#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+template <typename P, typename Q>
+P
+locale_convert (Q x, int precision = 16)
+{
+ /* We can't write a generic version of locale_convert; all required
+ versions must be specialised.
+ */
+ BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (Q) == 0);
+}
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (int x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (int64_t x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (float x, int precision);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (double x, int precision);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (char* x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (char const * x, int);
+
+template <>
+int
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+int64_t
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+float
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+double
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+#endif