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// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_OVERLOADED_H
#define BITCOIN_UTIL_OVERLOADED_H

namespace util {
//! Overloaded helper for std::visit. This helper and std::visit in general are
//! useful to write code that switches on a variant type. Unlike if/else-if and
//! switch/case statements, std::visit will trigger compile errors if there are
//! unhandled cases.
//!
//! Implementation comes from and example usage can be found at
//! https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/variant/visit#Example
template<class... Ts> struct Overloaded : Ts... { using Ts::operator()...; };

//! Explicit deduction guide (not needed as of C++20)
template<class... Ts> Overloaded(Ts...) -> Overloaded<Ts...>;
} // namespace util

#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_OVERLOADED_H