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// $URL: svn+ssh://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/cgal/trunk/Number_types/include/CGAL/utils.h $
// $Id: utils.h 56667 2010-06-09 07:37:13Z sloriot $
//
//
// Author(s)     : Michael Hemmer <hemmer@mpi-sb.mpg.de>

#ifndef CGAL_UTILS_H
#define CGAL_UTILS_H

#include <CGAL/number_type_basic.h>

namespace CGAL {

// use Min
template< class T >
inline T min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION
( const T& x , const T& y) {
    return Min<T>()( x , y );
}

template< class T , class Compare >
inline T min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION
( const T& x , const T& y, const Compare& c) {
    return Min<T, Compare>(c)( x , y );
}

// use Max
template< class T >
inline T max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION
( const T& x , const T& y) {
    return Max<T>()( x , y );
}

template< class T , class Compare >
inline T max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION
( const T& x , const T& y, const Compare& c) {
    return Max<T, Compare>(c)( x , y );
}

// use Is_valid
template< class T >
inline bool is_valid( const T& x ) {
  return Is_valid< T >()( x );
}

} //namespace CGAL

#endif // CGAL_UTILS_H
