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+// file      : libcommon/buffer.hxx
+// license   : GNU GPL v2; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef LIBCOMMON_BUFFER_HXX
+#define LIBCOMMON_BUFFER_HXX
+
+#include <new>
+#include <cstddef> // std::size_t
+#include <cstring> // std::{memcmp,memcpy}
+
+struct basic_buffer_base
+{
+  ~basic_buffer_base ()
+  {
+    operator delete (data_);
+  }
+
+  basic_buffer_base ()
+      : data_ (0), size_ (0)
+  {
+  }
+
+  basic_buffer_base (const void* data, std::size_t size)
+      : data_ (0), size_ (size)
+  {
+    data_ = operator new (size_);
+    std::memcpy (data_, data, size_);
+  }
+
+  basic_buffer_base (const basic_buffer_base& y)
+      : data_ (0), size_ (0)
+  {
+    assign (y.data_, y.size_);
+  }
+
+  basic_buffer_base&
+  operator= (const basic_buffer_base& y)
+  {
+    if (this != &y)
+      assign (y.data_, y.size_);
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  void
+  assign (const void* data, std::size_t size)
+  {
+    if (size_ < size)
+    {
+      void *p (operator new (size));
+      operator delete (data_);
+      data_ = p;
+    }
+
+    std::memcpy (data_, data, size);
+    size_ = size;
+  }
+
+  std::size_t
+  size () const
+  {
+    return size_;
+  }
+
+  bool
+  operator== (const basic_buffer_base& y) const
+  {
+    return size_ == y.size_ && std::memcmp (data_, y.data_, size_) == 0;
+  }
+
+protected:
+  void* data_;
+  std::size_t size_;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct basic_buffer: basic_buffer_base
+{
+  basic_buffer ()
+  {
+  }
+
+  basic_buffer (const T* data, std::size_t size)
+      : basic_buffer_base (data, size)
+  {
+  }
+
+  T*
+  data ()
+  {
+    return static_cast<T*> (data_);
+  }
+
+  const T*
+  data () const
+  {
+    return static_cast<const T*> (data_);
+  }
+};
+
+typedef basic_buffer<char> buffer;
+typedef basic_buffer<unsigned char> ubuffer;
+
+#endif // LIBCOMMON_BUFFER_HXX