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/** @file include/cctype
 *  This is a Standard C++ Library file.  You should @c \#include this file
 *  in your programs, rather than any of the @a *.h implementation files.
 *
 *  This is the C++ version of the Standard C Library header @c ctype.h,
 *  and its contents are (mostly) the same as that header, but are all
 *  contained in the namespace @c std (except for names which are defined
 *  as macros in C).
 */

//
// ISO C++ 14882: <ccytpe>
//

#ifndef _GLIBCXX_CCTYPE
#define _GLIBCXX_CCTYPE 1

#ifdef _GLIBCXX_SYSHDR
#pragma GCC system_header
#endif

#include <bits/c++config.h>
#include <ctype.h>

// Get rid of those macros defined in <ctype.h> in lieu of real functions.
#undef isalnum
#undef isalpha
#undef iscntrl
#undef isdigit
#undef isgraph
#undef islower
#undef isprint
#undef ispunct
#undef isspace
#undef isupper
#undef isxdigit
#undef tolower
#undef toupper

namespace std
{
  using ::isalnum;
  using ::isalpha;
  using ::iscntrl;
  using ::isdigit;
  using ::isgraph;
  using ::islower;
  using ::isprint;
  using ::ispunct;
  using ::isspace;
  using ::isupper;
  using ::isxdigit;
  using ::tolower;
  using ::toupper;
} // namespace std

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L

#ifdef _GLIBCXX_USE_C99_CTYPE

#undef isblank

namespace std
{
  using ::isblank;
} // namespace std

#endif // _GLIBCXX_USE_C99_CTYPE

#endif // C++11

#endif