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-//  (C) Copyright David Abrahams 2001,2002. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell
-//  and distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
-//  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
-//  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
-//
-//  This work was funded in part by Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
-//
-//  This file generated for 5-argument member functions and 6-argument free
-//  functions by gen_returning.py
-
-#ifndef RETURNING_DWA20020228_HPP
-# define RETURNING_DWA20020228_HPP
-
-# include <boost/config.hpp>
-# include <boost/python/converter/callback.hpp>
-# include <boost/python/detail/none.hpp>
-# include <boost/python/reference.hpp>
-
-namespace boost { namespace python {
-
-// Calling C++ from Python
-template <class R>
-struct returning
-{
-    static R call(char const* name, PyObject* self)
-    {
-        converter::callback_from_python<R> cr;
-        return cr(PyEval_CallMethod(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>(name)
-                      , const_cast<char*>("()")
-                      ));
-    }
-    
-    static R call(PyObject* self)
-    {
-        converter::callback_from_python<R> cr;
-        return cr(PyEval_CallFunction(self, const_cast<char*>("()")
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1>
-    static R call_method(PyObject* self, const char* name, A1 const& a1)
-    {
-        converter::callback_from_python<R> cr;
-        return cr(PyEval_CallMethod(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>(name)
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1>
-    static R call(PyObject* self, A1 const& a1)
-    {
-        converter::callback_from_python<R> cr;
-        return cr(PyEval_CallFunction(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1, class A2>
-    static R call_method(PyObject* self, const char* name, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2)
-    {
-        converter::callback_from_python<R> cr;
-        return cr(PyEval_CallMethod(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>(name)
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A2>(a2).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1, class A2>
-    static R call(PyObject* self, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2)
-    {
-        converter::callback_from_python<R> cr;
-        return cr(PyEval_CallFunction(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A2>(a2).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-};
-                           
-template <>
-struct returning<void>
-{
-    typedef void R;
-    static R call(char const* name, PyObject* self)
-    {
-        ref x(PyEval_CallMethod(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>(name)
-                      , const_cast<char*>("()")
-                      ));
-    }
-    
-    static R call(PyObject* self)
-    {
-        ref x(PyEval_CallFunction(self, const_cast<char*>("()")
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1>
-    static R call_method(PyObject* self, const char* name, A1 const& a1)
-    {
-        ref x(PyEval_CallMethod(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>(name)
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1>
-    static R call(PyObject* self, A1 const& a1)
-    {
-        ref x(PyEval_CallFunction(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1, class A2>
-    static R call_method(PyObject* self, const char* name, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2)
-    {
-        ref x(PyEval_CallMethod(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>(name)
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A2>(a2).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-
-    template <class A1, class A2>
-    static R call(PyObject* self, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2)
-    {
-        ref x(PyEval_CallFunction(
-                      self
-                      , const_cast<char*>("(O)")
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A1>(a1).get()
-                      , converter::callback_to_python<A2>(a2).get()
-                      ));
-    }
-};
-
-}} // namespace boost::python
-
-#endif // RETURNING_DWA20020228_HPP
-