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+/* Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#include "mbchar.h"
+
+#if IS_BASIC_ASCII
+
+/* Bit table of characters in the ISO C "basic character set".  */
+unsigned int is_basic_table [UCHAR_MAX / 32 + 1] =
+{
+  0x00001a00,		/* '\t' '\v' '\f' */
+  0xffffffef,		/* ' '...'#' '%'...'?' */
+  0xfffffffe,		/* 'A'...'Z' '[' '\\' ']' '^' '_' */
+  0x7ffffffe		/* 'a'...'z' '{' '|' '}' '~' */
+  /* The remaining bits are 0.  */
+};
+
+#endif /* IS_BASIC_ASCII */