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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1998 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_matrix_h)
+#define octave_base_matrix_h 1
+
+#if defined (__GNUG__)
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <string>
+
+class ostream;
+
+#include "mx-base.h"
+#include "str-vec.h"
+
+#include "error.h"
+#include "ov-base.h"
+#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
+
+class Octave_map;
+class octave_value_list;
+
+class tree_walker;
+
+// Real matrix values.
+
+template <class MT> class
+octave_base_matrix : public octave_base_value
+{
+public:
+
+  octave_base_matrix (void)
+    : octave_base_value () { }
+
+  octave_base_matrix (const MT& m)
+    : octave_base_value (), matrix (m) { }
+
+  octave_base_matrix (const octave_base_matrix& m)
+    : octave_base_value (), matrix (m.matrix) { }
+
+  ~octave_base_matrix (void) { }
+
+  octave_value *clone (void) { return new octave_base_matrix (*this); }
+
+  int rows (void) const { return matrix.rows (); }
+  int columns (void) const { return matrix.columns (); }
+
+  int length (void) const
+  {
+    int r = rows ();
+    int c = columns ();
+
+    return r > c ? r : c;
+  }
+
+  bool is_defined (void) const { return true; }
+
+  bool is_constant (void) const { return true; }
+
+  virtual bool print_as_scalar (void) const;
+
+  void print (ostream& os, bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const;
+
+  void print_raw (ostream& os, bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const;
+
+  bool print_name_tag (ostream& os, const string& name) const;
+
+protected:
+
+  MT matrix;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/