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+dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at:
+dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_namespaces.html
+dnl
+dnl $Id: ac_cxx_namespaces.m4,v 1.2 2004/09/07 01:19:27 dnelson Exp $
+dnl @version: 1.3 2004-02-04
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_NAMESPACES],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler implements namespaces,
+ac_cv_cxx_namespaces,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([namespace Outer { namespace Inner { int i = 0; }}],
+ [using namespace Outer::Inner; return i;],
+ ac_cv_cxx_namespaces=yes, ac_cv_cxx_namespaces=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_namespaces" = yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NAMESPACES,,[define if the compiler implements namespaces])
+fi
+])