/*
  $Id: Common.h 15854 2013-04-02 09:35:24Z sloot $
  $URL: https://ilk.uvt.nl/svn/trunk/sources/Timbl6/include/timbl/Common.h $

  Copyright (c) 1998 - 2013
  ILK   - Tilburg University
  CLiPS - University of Antwerp
 
  This file is part of timbl

  timbl 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 3 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  timbl 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

  For questions and suggestions, see:
      http://ilk.uvt.nl/software.html
  or send mail to:
      timbl@uvt.nl
*/
#ifndef TIMBL_COMMON_H
#define TIMBL_COMMON_H

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <cfloat>
#include <cassert>

namespace Common {
  const double Epsilon = DBL_EPSILON;   // smallest x so that 1+x != 1
  const int DEFAULT_MAX_FEATS = 2500;   // default maximun number of Features
  
  std::string Version();
  std::string VersionName();
  std::string VersionInfo( bool = false );
  void ShowVersionInfo( std::ostream& );

  inline int look_ahead( std::istream &is ){
    int nc;
    while( is ){
      nc=is.peek();
      if ( !isspace(nc) )
	return nc;
      nc = is.get();
    }
    return -1;
  }
  
  inline void skip_spaces( std::istream &is ){
    int nc;
    while( is ){
      nc=is.peek();
      if ( !isspace(nc) )
	return;
      nc = is.get();
    }
  }
  
  inline double Log2(double number){
    // LOG base 2.
    if ( fabs(number) < Epsilon)
      return(0.0);
    return log2(number);
  }

}
#endif