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+// Copyright (c) 2008 Joseph Gauterin, Niels Dekker
+//
+// 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)
+
+// Tests swapping std::string objects by means of boost::swap.
+// std::string has its own std::swap overload.
+
+#include <boost/utility/swap.hpp>
+#include <boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp>
+#define BOOST_CHECK BOOST_TEST
+#define BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL BOOST_TEST_EQ
+
+#include <string>
+
+int main()
+{
+ const std::string initial_value1 = "one";
+ const std::string initial_value2 = "two";
+
+ std::string object1 = initial_value1;
+ std::string object2 = initial_value2;
+
+ boost::swap(object1,object2);
+
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(object1,initial_value2);
+ BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(object2,initial_value1);
+
+ return boost::report_errors();
+}
+