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+#ifndef RBIMPL_DLLEXPORT_H /*-*-C++-*-vi:se ft=cpp:*/
+#define RBIMPL_DLLEXPORT_H
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @author Ruby developers <ruby-core@ruby-lang.org>
+ * @copyright This file is a part of the programming language Ruby.
+ * Permission is hereby granted, to either redistribute and/or
+ * modify this file, provided that the conditions mentioned in the
+ * file COPYING are met. Consult the file for details.
+ * @warning Symbols prefixed with either `RBIMPL` or `rbimpl` are
+ * implementation details. Don't take them as canon. They could
+ * rapidly appear then vanish. The name (path) of this header file
+ * is also an implementation detail. Do not expect it to persist
+ * at the place it is now. Developers are free to move it anywhere
+ * anytime at will.
+ * @note To ruby-core: remember that this header can be possibly
+ * recursively included from extension libraries written in C++.
+ * Do not expect for instance `__VA_ARGS__` is always available.
+ * We assume C99 for ruby itself but we don't assume languages of
+ * extension libraries. They could be written in C++98.
+ * @brief Tweaking visibility of C variables/functions.
+ */
+#include "ruby/internal/config.h"
+#include "ruby/internal/compiler_is.h"
+
+/**
+ * Declaration of externally visible global variables. Here "externally" means
+ * they should be visible from extension libraries. Depending on operating
+ * systems (dynamic linkers, to be precise), global variables inside of a DLL
+ * may or may not be visible form outside of that DLL by default. This
+ * declaration manually tweaks that default and ensures the declared variable
+ * be truly globally visible.
+ *
+ * ```CXX
+ * extern VALUE foo; // hidden on some OS
+ * RUBY_EXTERN VALUE foo; // ensure visible
+ * ```
+ */
+#undef RUBY_EXTERN
+#if defined(RUBY_EXPORT)
+# define RUBY_EXTERN extern
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+# define RUBY_EXTERN extern __declspec(dllimport)
+#else
+# define RUBY_EXTERN extern
+#endif
+
+#ifndef RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN
+# define RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN /* begin */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END
+# define RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END /* end */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef RUBY_FUNC_EXPORTED
+# define RUBY_FUNC_EXPORTED /* void */
+#endif
+
+/** @endcond */
+
+/** Shortcut macro equivalent to `RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN extern "C" {`.
+ * \@shyouhei finds it handy. */
+#if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+# define RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN() /* void */
+#elif defined(__cplusplus)
+# define RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN() RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN extern "C" {
+#else
+# define RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN() RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN
+#endif
+
+/** Counterpart of #RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_BEGIN */
+#if defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+# define RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END() /* void */
+#elif defined(__cplusplus)
+# define RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END() } RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END
+#else
+# define RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END() RUBY_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END
+#endif
+#endif /* RBIMPL_DLLEXPORT_H */