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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.
+
+#ifndef ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_TRAITS_H_
+#define ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_TRAITS_H_
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <limits>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#include "absl/base/config.h"
+
+namespace absl {
+namespace random_internal {
+
+// random_internal::is_widening_convertible<A, B>
+//
+// Returns whether a type A is widening-convertible to a type B.
+//
+// A is widening-convertible to B means:
+//   A a = <any number>;
+//   B b = a;
+//   A c = b;
+//   EXPECT_EQ(a, c);
+template <typename A, typename B>
+class is_widening_convertible {
+  // As long as there are enough bits in the exact part of a number:
+  // - unsigned can fit in float, signed, unsigned
+  // - signed can fit in float, signed
+  // - float can fit in float
+  // So we define rank to be:
+  // - rank(float) -> 2
+  // - rank(signed) -> 1
+  // - rank(unsigned) -> 0
+  template <class T>
+  static constexpr int rank() {
+    return !std::numeric_limits<T>::is_integer +
+           std::numeric_limits<T>::is_signed;
+  }
+
+ public:
+  // If an arithmetic-type B can represent at least as many digits as a type A,
+  // and B belongs to a rank no lower than A, then A can be safely represented
+  // by B through a widening-conversion.
+  static constexpr bool value =
+      std::numeric_limits<A>::digits <= std::numeric_limits<B>::digits &&
+      rank<A>() <= rank<B>();
+};
+
+// unsigned_bits<N>::type returns the unsigned int type with the indicated
+// number of bits.
+template <size_t N>
+struct unsigned_bits;
+
+template <>
+struct unsigned_bits<8> {
+  using type = uint8_t;
+};
+template <>
+struct unsigned_bits<16> {
+  using type = uint16_t;
+};
+template <>
+struct unsigned_bits<32> {
+  using type = uint32_t;
+};
+template <>
+struct unsigned_bits<64> {
+  using type = uint64_t;
+};
+
+#ifdef ABSL_HAVE_INTRINSIC_INT128
+template <>
+struct unsigned_bits<128> {
+  using type = __uint128_t;
+};
+#endif
+
+template <typename IntType>
+struct make_unsigned_bits {
+  using type = typename unsigned_bits<std::numeric_limits<
+      typename std::make_unsigned<IntType>::type>::digits>::type;
+};
+
+}  // namespace random_internal
+}  // namespace absl
+
+#endif  // ABSL_RANDOM_INTERNAL_TRAITS_H_