+Grob*
+System::get_pure_bound (Direction d, int start, int end)
+{
+ vector<vsize> ranks = pscore_->get_break_ranks ();
+ vector<vsize> indices = pscore_->get_break_indices ();
+ vector<Grob*> cols = pscore_->get_columns ();
+
+ vsize target_rank = (d == LEFT ? start : end);
+ vector<vsize>::const_iterator i =
+ lower_bound (ranks.begin (), ranks.end (), target_rank, std::less<vsize> ());
+
+ if (i != ranks.end () && (*i) == target_rank)
+ return cols[indices[i - ranks.begin ()]];
+ else
+ return 0;
+}
+
+Grob*
+System::get_maybe_pure_bound (Direction d, bool pure, int start, int end)
+{
+ return pure ? get_pure_bound (d, start, end) : get_bound (d);
+}
+