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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2009-02-08  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	New module 'uniwbrk/wordbreak-property'.
+	* modules/uniwbrk/wordbreak-property: New file.
+	* lib/uniwbrk/wordbreak-property.c: New file.
+
 	* lib/gen-uni-tables.c (WBP_*): New enum items.
 	(get_wbp, debug_output_wbp, debug_output_wbrk_tables): New functions.
 	(unicode_org_wbp): New variable.

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+++ b/lib/uniwbrk/wordbreak-property.c
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+/* Word break property.
+   Copyright (C) 2001-2003, 2006-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2009.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+   by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include "uniwbrk.h"
+
+#include "wbrkprop.h"
+
+int
+uc_wordbreak_property (ucs4_t uc)
+{
+  unsigned int index1 = uc >> wbrkprop_header_0;
+  if (index1 < wbrkprop_header_1)
+    {
+      int lookup1 = uniwbrkprop.level1[index1];
+      if (lookup1 >= 0)
+	{
+	  unsigned int index2 = (uc >> wbrkprop_header_2) & wbrkprop_header_3;
+	  int lookup2 = uniwbrkprop.level2[lookup1 + index2];
+	  if (lookup2 >= 0)
+	    {
+	      unsigned int index3 = uc & wbrkprop_header_4;
+	      return uniwbrkprop.level3[lookup2 + index3];
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+  return WBP_OTHER;
+}

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+Description:
+Base layer for word breaks.
+
+Files:
+lib/uniwbrk/wordbreak-property.c
+lib/uniwbrk/wbrkprop.h
+
+Depends-on:
+uniwbrk/base
+
+configure.ac:
+
+Makefile.am:
+lib_SOURCES += uniwbrk/wordbreak-property.c
+
+Include:
+"uniwbrk.h"
+
+License:
+LGPL
+
+Maintainer:
+Bruno Haible
+