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+// Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "absl/base/log_severity.h"
+
+#include <ostream>
+
+namespace absl {
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, absl::LogSeverity s) {
+  if (s == absl::NormalizeLogSeverity(s)) return os << absl::LogSeverityName(s);
+  return os << "absl::LogSeverity(" << static_cast<int>(s) << ")";
+}
+}  // namespace absl