// Copyright (c) 2003 Daniel Wallin and Arvid Norberg

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#ifndef LUABIND_RETURN_REFERENCE_TO_POLICY_HPP_INCLUDED
#define LUABIND_RETURN_REFERENCE_TO_POLICY_HPP_INCLUDED

#include <luabind/detail/policy.hpp>    // for index_map, policy_cons, etc

#include <luabind/lua_include.hpp>      // for lua_State, lua_pushnil, etc

namespace luabind { namespace detail
{
	struct cpp_to_lua;
	struct null_type;

	template<class T>
	struct return_reference_to_converter;

	template<>
	struct return_reference_to_converter<cpp_to_lua>
	{
		template<class T>
		void apply(lua_State* L, const T&)
		{
			lua_pushnil(L);
		}
	};

	template<int N>
	struct return_reference_to_policy : conversion_policy<0>
	{
		static void precall(lua_State*, const index_map&) {}
		static void postcall(lua_State* L, const index_map& indices) 
		{
			int result_index = indices[0];
			int ref_to_index = indices[N];

			lua_pushvalue(L, ref_to_index);
			lua_replace(L, result_index);
		}

		template<class T, class Direction>
		struct apply
		{
			typedef return_reference_to_converter<Direction> type;
		};
	};
}}

namespace luabind
{
	template<int N>
	detail::policy_cons<detail::return_reference_to_policy<N>, detail::null_type> 
	return_reference_to(LUABIND_PLACEHOLDER_ARG(N)) 
	{ 
		return detail::policy_cons<detail::return_reference_to_policy<N>, detail::null_type>(); 
	}
}

#endif // LUABIND_RETURN_REFERENCE_TO_POLICY_HPP_INCLUDED

