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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
+
+    This file is part of DCP-o-matic.
+
+    DCP-o-matic is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    DCP-o-matic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with DCP-o-matic.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef DCPOMATIC_LOCALE_CONVERT_H
+#define DCPOMATIC_LOCALE_CONVERT_H
+
+#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+template <typename P, typename Q>
+P
+locale_convert (Q x, int precision = 16)
+{
+	/* We can't write a generic version of locale_convert; all required
+	   versions must be specialised.
+	*/
+	BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (Q) == 0);
+}
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (int x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (int64_t x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (float x, int precision);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (double x, int precision);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (char* x, int);
+
+template <>
+std::string
+locale_convert (char const * x, int);
+
+template <>
+int
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+int64_t
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+float
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+template <>
+double
+locale_convert (std::string x, int);
+
+#endif