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+//  (C) Copyright Steve Cleary & John Maddock 2000.
+//  Use, modification and distribution are subject to 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 for most recent version including documentation.
+
+#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
+
+//
+// all these tests should succeed.
+// some of these tests are rather simplistic (ie useless)
+// in order to ensure that they compile on all platforms.
+//
+
+// Namespace scope
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(int) >= sizeof(short));
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(char) == 1);
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(int) >= sizeof(short), "msg1");
+BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(char) == 1, "msg2");
+
+// Function (block) scope
+void f()
+{
+  BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(int) >= sizeof(short));
+  BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(char) == 1);
+  BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(int) >= sizeof(short), "msg3");
+  BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(char) == 1, "msg4");
+}
+
+struct Bob
+{
+  private:  // can be in private, to avoid namespace pollution
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(int) >= sizeof(short));
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(char) == 1);
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(int) >= sizeof(short), "msg5");
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(char) == 1, "msg6");
+  public:
+
+  // Member function scope: provides access to member variables
+  int x;
+  char c;
+  int f()
+  {
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1300 // broken sizeof in VC6
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(x) >= sizeof(short));
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(c) == 1);
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(x) >= sizeof(short), "msg7");
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(c) == 1, "msg8");
+#endif
+    return x;
+  }
+};
+
+
+
+// Template class scope
+template <class Int, class Char>
+struct Bill
+{
+   BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, value = 1);
+  private:  // can be in private, to avoid namespace pollution
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(Int) > sizeof(char));
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(Int) > sizeof(char), "msg9");
+  public:
+
+  // Template member function scope: provides access to member variables
+  Int x;
+  Char c;
+  template <class Int2, class Char2>
+  void f(Int2 , Char2 )
+  {
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(Int) == sizeof(Int2));
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(Char) == sizeof(Char2));
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(Int) == sizeof(Int2), "msg10");
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(sizeof(Char) == sizeof(Char2), "msg11");
+  }
+};
+
+void test_Bill() // BOOST_STATIC_ASSERTs are not triggerred until instantiated
+{
+  Bill<int, char> z;
+  //Bill<int, int> bad; // will not compile
+  int i = 3;
+  char ch = 'a';
+  z.f(i, ch);
+  //z.f(i, i); // should not compile
+}
+
+int main()
+{ 
+   test_Bill();
+   //
+   // Test variadic macro support:
+   //
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
+   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(Bill<int, char>::value);
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_STATIC_ASSERT
+   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT_MSG(Bill<int, char>::value, "This is a message");
+#endif
+#endif
+   return 0; 
+}
+
+
+
+