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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey                        2006                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* $Id: nc_tparm.h,v 1.4 2006/11/26 00:49:25 tom Exp $ */
+
+/*
+ * Cast parameters past the formatting-string for tparm() to match the
+ * assumption of the varargs code.
+ */
+#define TPARM_ARG long
+#define TPARM_N(n) (TPARM_ARG)(n)
+
+#define TPARM_9(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d),TPARM_N(e),TPARM_N(f),TPARM_N(g),TPARM_N(h),TPARM_N(i),TPARM_N(j))
+
+#if NCURSES_TPARM_VARARGS
+#define TPARM_8(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d),TPARM_N(e),TPARM_N(f),TPARM_N(g),TPARM_N(h),TPARM_N(i))
+#define TPARM_7(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d),TPARM_N(e),TPARM_N(f),TPARM_N(g),TPARM_N(h))
+#define TPARM_6(a,b,c,d,e,f,g) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d),TPARM_N(e),TPARM_N(f),TPARM_N(g))
+#define TPARM_5(a,b,c,d,e,f) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d),TPARM_N(e),TPARM_N(f))
+#define TPARM_4(a,b,c,d,e) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d),TPARM_N(e))
+#define TPARM_3(a,b,c,d) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c),TPARM_N(d))
+#define TPARM_2(a,b,c) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b),TPARM_N(c))
+#define TPARM_1(a,b) tparm(a,TPARM_N(b))
+#define TPARM_0(a) tparm(a)
+#else
+#define TPARM_8(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i) TPARM_9(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,0)
+#define TPARM_7(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h) TPARM_8(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,0)
+#define TPARM_6(a,b,c,d,e,f,g) TPARM_7(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,0)
+#define TPARM_5(a,b,c,d,e,f) TPARM_6(a,b,c,d,e,f,0)
+#define TPARM_4(a,b,c,d,e) TPARM_5(a,b,c,d,e,0)
+#define TPARM_3(a,b,c,d) TPARM_4(a,b,c,d,0)
+#define TPARM_2(a,b,c) TPARM_3(a,b,c,0)
+#define TPARM_1(a,b) TPARM_2(a,b,0)
+#define TPARM_1(a,b) TPARM_2(a,b,0)
+#define TPARM_0(a) TPARM_1(a,0)
+#endif