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-/*
-    Copyright (C) 2002 Paul Davis 
-
-    This program 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.
-
-    This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
-    $Id$
-*/
-
-#ifndef __ardour_extra_bind_h__
-#define __ardour_extra_bind_h__
-
-#include <sigc++/adaptor.h>
-#include <sigc++/scope.h>
-
-namespace sigc
-{
-
-/****************************************************************
- ***** Adaptor Bind Slot 0 arguments, 3 hidden arguments
- ****************************************************************/
-template <class R,
-   class C1, class C2, class C3>
-struct AdaptorBindSlot0_3: public AdaptorSlot_
-  {
-#ifdef SIGC_CXX_PARTIAL_SPEC
-   typedef R RType;
-#else
-   typedef typename Trait<R>::type RType;
-#endif
-   typedef Slot0<R> SlotType;
-   typedef Slot3<R,C1,C2,C3> InSlotType;
-
-   struct Node:public AdaptorNode
-     {
-      C1 c1_;
-      C2 c2_;
-      C3 c3_;	 
-     };
-
-   typedef CallDataObj2<typename SlotType::Func,Node> CallData;
-
-   static RType callback(void* d)
-     {
-      CallData* data=(CallData*)d;
-      Node* node=data->obj;
-      return ((typename InSlotType::Callback&)(node->data_))(
-                                     node->c1_,
-				     node->c2_,
-				     node->c3_);
-     }
-   static SlotData* create(SlotData *s,C1 c1, C2 c2, C3 c3)
-     {
-      SlotData* tmp=(SlotData*)s;
-      Node *node=new Node();
-      copy_callback(tmp,node);
-      node->c1_=c1; 
-      node->c2_=c2; 
-      node->c3_=c3; 
-      CallData &data=reinterpret_cast<CallData&>(tmp->data_);
-      data.callback=&callback;
-      data.obj=node;
-      return tmp;
-     }
-  };
-
-
-#ifndef SIGC_CXX_VOID_RETURN
-#ifdef SIGC_CXX_PARTIAL_SPEC
-template <
-   class C1,C2,C3>
-struct AdaptorBindSlot0_3
-   <void,
-    C1,C2,C3> : public AdaptorSlot_
-  {
-   typedef void RType;
-   typedef Slot0<void> SlotType;
-   typedef Slot3<void,C1,C2,C3> InSlotType;
-
-   struct Node:public AdaptorNode
-     {
-      C1 c1_;
-      C2 c2_;
-      C3 c3_;
-     };
-
-   typedef CallDataObj2<typename SlotType::Func,Node> CallData;
-
-   static RType callback(void* d)
-     {
-      CallData* data=(CallData*)d;
-      Node* node=data->obj;
-       ((typename InSlotType::Callback&)(node->data_))(
-                                     node->c1_,
-                                     node->c2_,
-                                     node->c3);
-     }
-   static SlotData* create(SlotData *s,C1 c1, C2 c2, C3 c3)
-     {
-      SlotData* tmp=(SlotData*)s;
-      Node *node=new Node();
-      copy_callback(tmp,node);
-      node->c1_=c1; 
-      node->c2_=c2; 
-      node->c3_=c3; 
-      CallData &data=reinterpret_cast<CallData&>(tmp->data_);
-      data.callback=&callback;
-      data.obj=node;
-      return tmp;
-     }
-  };
-
-#endif
-#endif
-
-template <class C1, class C2, class C3,
-    class R>
-Slot0<R>
-  bind(const Slot3<R,C1,C2,C3> &s,
-       C1 c1, C2 c2, C3 c3)
-  {return AdaptorBindSlot0_3<R,
-           C1,C2,C3>::create(s.data(),c1,c2,c3);
-  }
-
-} /* namespace */
-
-#endif /* __ardour_extra_bind_h__ */