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+/* -*-mode: C; fill-column: 78; c-basic-offset: 4; -*- */
+/* 
+ * Copyright 2005 by Eric House (fixin@peak.org).  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * 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
+ * of the License, 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SYMUTIL_H_
+#define _SYMUTIL_H_
+
+/* Functions in this file can use C++ types etc since they're not
+ * extern "C"
+ */
+
+void symReplaceStrIfDiff( MPFORMAL XP_UCHAR** loc, const TDesC16& desc );
+
+
+#endif