nest.h

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/*
 *  nest.h
 *
 *  This file is part of NEST.
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2004 The NEST Initiative
 *
 *  NEST 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.
 *
 *  NEST is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *  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
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 *
 */

#ifndef NEST_H
#define NEST_H

#include <cstddef>
#include <climits>
#include <cfloat>
#include <limits>
#include "config.h"

namespace nest {

#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
  typedef long long tic_t;
  const tic_t tic_t_max = LONG_LONG_MAX;
  const tic_t tic_t_min = LONG_LONG_MIN;
#else
  typedef long      tic_t;
  const tic_t tic_t_max = LONG_MAX;
  const tic_t tic_t_min = LONG_MIN;
#endif

  using std::size_t;

  typedef double   double_t; 
  typedef float    float_t;  
  typedef int      int_t;    
  typedef long     long_t;   
  typedef unsigned int  uint_t; 
  typedef unsigned long ulong_t; 

  const long_t long_t_max = LONG_MAX;
  const long_t long_t_min = LONG_MIN;

#define double_t_max (DBL_MAX) // because C++ language designers are apes
#define double_t_min (DBL_MIN) // (only integral consts are compile time)

  typedef size_t index;
  const index invalid_index = std::numeric_limits<index>::max();

  typedef unsigned char synindex;
  const synindex invalid_synindex = std::numeric_limits<synindex>::max();

  typedef unsigned short targetindex; 
  const targetindex invalid_targetindex = std::numeric_limits<targetindex>::max();
  const index max_targetindex = invalid_targetindex - 1;

  typedef int_t thread;

  const thread invalid_thread_ = -1;

  typedef long_t rport;

  typedef long_t port;

  const rport invalid_port_ = -1;
  
  typedef double_t weight;

  typedef long_t delay;
  const long_t delay_max = long_t_max;
  const long_t delay_min = long_t_min;

}

#endif