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+/* A hasher for enums.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GDB.
+
+ This program 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 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program 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. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_HASH_ENUM_H
+#define COMMON_HASH_ENUM_H
+
+/* A hasher for enums, which was missing in C++11:
+ http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-defects.html#2148
+*/
+
+namespace gdb {
+
+/* Helper struct for hashing enum types. */
+template<typename T>
+struct hash_enum
+{
+ typedef size_t result_type;
+ typedef T argument_type;
+
+ size_t operator() (T val) const noexcept
+ {
+ using underlying = typename std::underlying_type<T>::type;
+ return std::hash<underlying> () (static_cast<underlying> (val));
+ }
+};
+
+} /* namespace gdb */
+
+#endif /* COMMON_HASH_ENUM_H */