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+// **********************************************************************
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2003
+// ZeroC, Inc.
+// Billerica, MA, USA
+//
+// All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Ice is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+// the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation.
+//
+// **********************************************************************
+
+#ifndef ICE_UTIL_ITERATOR_H
+#define ICE_UTIL_ITERATOR_H
+
+#include <iterator>
+
+
+// Work-around for a limitation in the standard library provided 
+// with the Sun C++ 5.x compilers
+#if defined(__SUNPRO_CC) && defined(_RWSTD_NO_CLASS_PARTIAL_SPEC)
+
+template<class ForwardIterator>
+inline typename ForwardIterator::difference_type
+ice_distance(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last)
+{
+    ForwardIterator::difference_type result;
+    std::distance(first, last, result);
+    return result;
+}
+
+#else
+#define ice_distance(x,y) std::distance(x,y)
+#endif
+
+#endif