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+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// (C) Copyright Ion Gaztanaga 2015-2015. Distributed under the Boost
+// Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+// LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+// See http://www.boost.org/libs/container for documentation.
+//
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <boost/container/pmr/string.hpp>
+#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/container/detail/type_traits.hpp>
+
+int main()
+{
+   using namespace boost::container;
+   using boost::container::dtl::is_same;
+
+   typedef basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, pmr::polymorphic_allocator<char> > string_t;
+   typedef basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>, pmr::polymorphic_allocator<wchar_t> > wstring_t;
+   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( is_same<string_t, pmr::string>::value ));
+   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( is_same<string_t, pmr::basic_string_of<char>::type>::value ));
+   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( is_same<wstring_t, pmr::wstring>::value ));
+   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( is_same<wstring_t, pmr::basic_string_of<wchar_t>::type>::value ));
+   #if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_TEMPLATE_ALIASES)
+      BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( is_same<string_t, pmr::string >::value ));
+      BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(( is_same<wstring_t, pmr::wstring >::value ));
+   #endif
+   return 0;
+}