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+// -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
+// Description								/*{{{*/
+// $Id: system.h,v 1.1 1998/07/02 02:58:13 jgg Exp $
+/* ######################################################################
+   
+   System Header - Usefull private definitions
+
+   This source is placed in the Public Domain, do with it what you will
+   It was originally written by Brian C. White.
+   
+   ##################################################################### */
+									/*}}}*/
+// Private header
+// Header section: /
+#ifndef SYSTEM_H
+#define SYSTEM_H
+
+// MIN_VAL(SINT16) will return -0x8000 and MAX_VAL(SINT16) = 0x7FFF
+#define	MIN_VAL(t)	(((t)(-1) > 0) ? (t)( 0) : (t)(((1L<<(sizeof(t)*8-1))  )))
+#define	MAX_VAL(t)	(((t)(-1) > 0) ? (t)(-1) : (t)(((1L<<(sizeof(t)*8-1))-1)))
+
+// Min/Max functions
+#if defined(__HIGHC__)
+#define MIN(x,y) _min(x,y)
+#define MAX(x,y) _max(x,y)
+#endif
+
+// GNU C++ has a min/max operator <coolio>
+#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#define MIN(A,B) ((A) <? (B))
+#define MAX(A,B) ((A) >? (B))
+#endif
+
+/* Templates tend to mess up existing code that uses min/max because of the
+   strict matching requirements */
+#if !defined(MIN)
+#define MIN(A,B) ((A) < (B)?(A):(B))
+#define MAX(A,B) ((A) > (B)?(A):(B))
+#endif
+
+/* Bound functions, bound will return the value b within the limits a-c
+   bounv will change b so that it is within the limits of a-c. */
+#define _bound(a,b,c) MIN(c,MAX(b,a))
+#define _boundv(a,b,c) b = _bound(a,b,c)
+#define ABS(a) (((a) < (0)) ?-(a) : (a))
+
+/* Usefull count macro, use on an array of things and it will return the
+   number of items in the array */
+#define _count(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))
+
+// Flag Macros
+#define	FLAG(f)			(1L << (f))
+#define	SETFLAG(v,f)	((v) |= FLAG(f))
+#define CLRFLAG(v,f)	((v) &=~FLAG(f))
+#define	CHKFLAG(v,f)	((v) &  FLAG(f) ? true : false)
+
+#endif