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#ifndef DRIZZLED_ITEM_INT_WITH_REF_H
#define DRIZZLED_ITEM_INT_WITH_REF_H

/*
  The following class is used to optimize comparing of date and bigint columns
  We need to save the original item ('ref') to be able to call
  ref->save_in_field(). This is used to create index search keys.

  An instance of Item_int_with_ref may have signed or unsigned integer value.

*/

namespace drizzled
{

class Item_int_with_ref :public Item_int
{
  Item *ref;
public:
  Item_int_with_ref(int64_t i, Item *ref_arg, bool unsigned_arg) :
    Item_int(i), ref(ref_arg)
  {
    unsigned_flag= unsigned_arg;
  }
  int save_in_field(Field *field, bool no_conversions)
  {
    return ref->save_in_field(field, no_conversions);
  }
  Item *clone_item();
  virtual Item *real_item() { return ref; }
  virtual const Item *real_item() const { return ref; }
};

} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_ITEM_INT_WITH_REF_H */
