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#ifndef DRIZZLED_HYBRID_TYPE_H
#define DRIZZLED_HYBRID_TYPE_H

#include <drizzled/decimal.h>

namespace drizzled
{

/*************************************************************************/
/*
  A framework to easily handle different return types for hybrid items
  (hybrid item is an item whose operand can be of any type, e.g. integer,
  real, decimal).
*/

class Hybrid_type_traits;

class Hybrid_type
{
public:
  int64_t integer;

  double real;
  /*
    Use two decimal buffers interchangeably to speed up += operation
    which has no native support in decimal library.
    Hybrid_type+= arg is implemented as dec_buf[1]= dec_buf[0] + arg.
    The third decimal is used as a handy temporary storage.
  */
  my_decimal dec_buf[3];
  int used_dec_buf_no;

  /*
    Traits moved to a separate class to
      a) be able to easily change object traits in runtime
      b) they work as a differentiator for the union above
  */
  const Hybrid_type_traits *traits;

  Hybrid_type() {}
  /* XXX: add traits->copy() when needed */
  Hybrid_type(const Hybrid_type &rhs) :traits(rhs.traits) {}
};

} /* namespace drizzled */

#endif /* DRIZZLED_HYBRID_TYPE_H */
