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-/*
-
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
-
-This file is part of Octave.
-
-Octave 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, or (at your option) any
-later version.
-
-Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
-
-*/
-
-#if defined (__GNUG__)
-#pragma implementation
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include <config.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <cassert>
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-
-#include "pt-base.h"
-
-/*
-;;; Local Variables: ***
-;;; mode: C++ ***
-;;; End: ***
-*/