ov-colon.h

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#if ! defined (octave_ov_colon_h)
#define octave_ov_colon_h 1
 
#include "octave-config.h"
 
#include <cstdlib>
 
#include <iosfwd>
#include <string>
 
#include "mx-base.h"
#include "str-vec.h"
 
#include "error.h"
#include "ov-base.h"
#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
 
class octave_value_list;
 
// A type to represent ':' as used for indexing.
 
class octave_magic_colon : public octave_base_value
{
public:
 
  octave_magic_colon ()
    : octave_base_value () { }
 
  octave_magic_colon (const octave_magic_colon&)
    : octave_base_value () { }
 
  ~octave_magic_colon () = default;
 
  octave_base_value * clone () const
  { return new octave_magic_colon (*this); }
  octave_base_value * empty_clone () const
  { return new octave_magic_colon (); }
 
  octave::idx_vector index_vector (bool /* require_integers */ = false) const
  { return octave::idx_vector (':'); }
 
  bool is_defined () const { return true; }
 
  bool is_constant () const { return true; }
 
  bool is_magic_colon () const { return true; }
 
  OCTINTERP_API void print (std::ostream& os, bool pr_as_read_syntax = false);
 
  OCTINTERP_API void print_raw (std::ostream& os,
                                bool pr_as_read_syntax = false) const;
 
private:
 
  DECLARE_OV_TYPEID_FUNCTIONS_AND_DATA_API (OCTINTERP_API)
};
 
#endif