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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2005 David Bateman
+Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Andy Adler
+
+Octave 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.
+
+Octave 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; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "lo-error.h"
+#include "sparse-util.h"
+
+void
+SparseCholError (int status, char *file, int line, char *message)
+{
+  (*current_liboctave_warning_handler)("warning %i, at line %i in file %s",
+				     status, line, file);
+
+  (*current_liboctave_warning_handler)(message);
+}
+
+int
+SparseCholPrint (const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  va_list args;
+  va_start (args, fmt);
+  int ret = vfprintf (stderr, fmt, args);
+  fflush (stderr);
+  va_end (args);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/