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+/* define a macro to wrap variables in that would
+ otherwhise generate UNUSED variable warnings */
+
+#ifdef UNUSED
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+# define UNUSED(x) x __attribute__((unused))
+#elif defined(__LCLINT__)
+# define UNUSED(x) /*@unused@*/ x
+#else
+# define UNUSED(x) x
+#endif