// krat_exp_cderivation.hh: this file is part of the Vaucanson project.
//
// Vaucanson, a generic library for finite state machines.
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#ifndef VCSN_ALGORITHMS_KRAT_EXP_CDERIVATION_HH
# define VCSN_ALGORITHMS_KRAT_EXP_CDERIVATION_HH

/** @addtogroup algorithms *//** @{ */
/**
 * @file krat_exp_cderivation.hh
 *
 * Declaration for the cderivate() algorithms.
 *
 * @see cderivate(), word_cderivate()
 */
/** @} */

// FIXME: Why is this not built into the libs?

// INTERFACE: Exp cderivate(const Exp& e, char l) { return vcsn::cderivate(e, l); }

// INTERFACE: Exp cderivate(const Exp& e, const std::string& w) { return vcsn::word_cderivate(e, Series::monoid_elt_t(e.structure().monoid(), w)); }

# include <vaucanson/design_pattern/design_pattern.hh>

namespace vcsn {

  /** @addtogroup algorithms */  /** @{ */

  /// The c-derivative of the krat expression w.r.t to a letter.
  template <class Series, class T, class Letter>
  Element<Series, T>
  cderivate(const Element<Series, T>& exp,
	   Letter a);

  /// The c-derivative of the krat expression w.r.t to a word.
  template <class Series, class T, class Word>
  Element<Series, T>
  word_cderivate(const Element<Series, T>& exp,
		Word a);

  /** @} */

} // vcsn

// FIXME: Needs to be activated when built into libs.
//# if !defined VCSN_USE_INTERFACE_ONLY && !defined VCSN_USE_LIB
#  include <vaucanson/algorithms/krat_exp_cderivation.hxx>
//# endif // VCSN_USE_INTERFACE_ONLY

#endif // ! VCSN_ALGORITHMS_KRAT_EXP_CDERIVATION_HH
