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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2004 David Bateman
+Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Andy Adler
+
+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 this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+// Instantiate Sparse matrix of double values.
+
+#include "Sparse.h"
+#include "Sparse.cc"
+
+INSTANTIATE_SPARSE_AND_ASSIGN (double);
+
+#if 0
+template std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream&, const Sparse<double>&);
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/