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package scala

/** A common supertype for companions of specializable types.
 *  Should not be extended in user code.
 */
trait Specializable

object Specializable {
  // No type parameter in @specialized annotation.
  trait SpecializedGroup { }

  // Smuggle a list of types by way of a tuple upon which Group is parameterized.
  class Group[T >: Null](value: T) extends SpecializedGroup { }

  final val Primitives  = new Group((Byte, Short, Int, Long, Char, Float, Double, Boolean, Unit))
  final val Everything  = new Group((Byte, Short, Int, Long, Char, Float, Double, Boolean, Unit, AnyRef))
  final val Bits32AndUp = new Group((Int, Long, Float, Double))
  final val Integral    = new Group((Byte, Short, Int, Long, Char))
  final val AllNumeric  = new Group((Byte, Short, Int, Long, Char, Float, Double))
  final val BestOfBreed = new Group((Int, Double, Boolean, Unit, AnyRef))
}