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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1995                    *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* p_above.c
+ */
+#include "panel.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: p_above.c,v 1.6 2005/02/19 16:44:57 tom Exp $")
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(PANEL *)
+panel_above(const PANEL * pan)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("panel_above(%p)"), pan));
+  if (!pan)
+    {
+      /* if top and bottom are equal, we have no or only the pseudo panel;
+         if not, we return the panel above the pseudo panel */
+      returnPanel(EMPTY_STACK()? (PANEL *) 0 : _nc_bottom_panel->above);
+    }
+  else
+    returnPanel(pan->above);
+}