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+dnl Copyright (C) 2003 OPEN CASCADE, EADS/CCR, LIP6, CEA/DEN,
+dnl CEDRAT, EDF R&D, LEG, PRINCIPIA R&D, BUREAU VERITAS
+dnl
+dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+dnl version 2.1 of the License.
+dnl
+dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
+dnl
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+dnl Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+dnl
+dnl See http://www.opencascade.org/SALOME/ or email : webmaster.salome@opencascade.org
+dnl
+dnl
+dnl
+dnl @synopsis AC_CXX_BOOL
+dnl
+dnl If the compiler recognizes bool as a separate built-in type,
+dnl define HAVE_BOOL. Note that a typedef is not a separate
+dnl type since you cannot overload a function such that it accepts either
+dnl the basic type or the typedef.
+dnl
+dnl @version $Id$
+dnl @author Luc Maisonobe
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_BOOL],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler recognizes bool as a built-in type,
+ac_cv_cxx_bool,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+int f(int x){return 1;}
+int f(char x){return 1;}
+int f(bool x){return 1;}
+],[bool b = true; return f(b);],
+ ac_cv_cxx_bool=yes, ac_cv_cxx_bool=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_bool" = yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOL,,[define if bool is a built-in type])
+fi
+])