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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2002 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 (octave_base_list_h)
+#define octave_base_list_h 1
+
+#include <list>
+
+template <typename elt_type>
+class
+octave_base_list
+{
+public:
+
+  typedef typename std::list<elt_type>::iterator iterator;
+  typedef typename std::list<elt_type>::const_iterator const_iterator;
+
+  bool empty (void) const { return lst.empty (); }
+
+  size_t length (void) const { return lst.size (); }
+
+  iterator erase (iterator pos) { return lst.erase (pos); }
+
+  void clear (void) { lst.clear (); }
+
+  void append (const elt_type& s) { lst.push_back (s); }
+
+  iterator begin (void) { return iterator (lst.begin ()); }
+  const_iterator begin (void) const { return const_iterator (lst.begin ()); }
+
+  iterator end (void) { return iterator (lst.end ()); }
+  const_iterator end (void) const { return const_iterator (lst.end ()); }
+
+  elt_type& front (void) { return lst.front (); }
+  elt_type& back (void) { return lst.back (); }
+
+  const elt_type& front (void) const { return lst.front (); }
+  const elt_type& back (void) const { return lst.back (); }
+
+private:
+
+  std::list<elt_type> lst;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/