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+/*
+Copyright (C) 2001-2006, William Joseph.
+All Rights Reserved.
+
+This file is part of GtkRadiant.
+
+GtkRadiant 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.
+
+GtkRadiant 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 GtkRadiant; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+*/
+
+#if !defined(INCLUDED_IDENT_H)
+#define INCLUDED_IDENT_H
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+// equality comparison for two 4-byte ident strings
+inline bool ident_equal(const unsigned char* ident, const unsigned char* other)
+{
+ return ident[0] == other[0] && ident[1] == other[1] && ident[2] == other[2] && ident[3] == other[3];
+}
+
+#endif