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+//          Copyright Ferdinand Majerech 2014.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+
+// @nogc versions of Phobos functions that are not yet @nogc.
+module dyaml.nogcutil;
+
+
+
+import std.traits;
+import std.range;
+
+
+
+/// A NoGC version of std.conv.parse for integer types.
+///
+/// Differences:
+///    overflow parameter - bool set to true if there was integer overflow.
+///    Asserts that at least one character was parsed instead of throwing an exception.
+///    The caller must validate the inputs before calling parseNoGC.
+Target parseNoGC(Target, Source)(ref Source s, uint radix, out bool overflow)
+    @safe pure nothrow @nogc
+    if (isSomeChar!(ElementType!Source) &&
+        isIntegral!Target && !is(Target == enum)) 
+in { assert(radix >= 2 && radix <= 36); }
+body
+{
+    immutable uint beyond = (radix < 10 ? '0' : 'a'-10) + radix;
+
+    Target v = 0;
+    size_t atStart = true;
+
+    for (; !s.empty; s.popFront())
+    {
+        uint c = s.front;
+        if (c < '0')
+            break;
+        if (radix < 10)
+        {
+            if (c >= beyond)
+                break;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (c > '9')
+            {
+                c |= 0x20;//poorman's tolower
+                if (c < 'a' || c >= beyond) { break; }
+                c -= 'a'-10-'0';
+            }
+        }
+        auto blah = cast(Target) (v * radix + c - '0');
+        if (blah < v)
+        {
+            overflow = true;
+            return Target.max;
+        }
+        v = blah;
+        atStart = false;
+    }
+    assert(!atStart, "Nothing to parse in parse()");
+    return v;
+}