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// Author(s)     : Daniel Russel <drussel@alumni.princeton.edu>

#ifndef CGAL_POLYNOMIAL_SIGN_VARIATIONS_COUNTER_H
#define CGAL_POLYNOMIAL_SIGN_VARIATIONS_COUNTER_H

#include <CGAL/Polynomial/basic.h>

namespace CGAL { namespace POLYNOMIAL { namespace internal {

struct Sign_variations_counter
{
    template<class Iterator>
        static
        unsigned int sign_variations(const Iterator& first,
        const Iterator& beyond,
    bool stop_if_more_than_one = false) {
        Iterator it1 = first;
        Iterator last = beyond;
        last--;

        int count(0);

        while ( it1 != beyond && (int)(*it1) == (int)CGAL::ZERO ) { it1++; }

        while ( it1 != last && it1 != beyond ) {
            Iterator it2 = it1;
            it2++;
            while ( it2 != beyond && (int)(*it2) == (int)CGAL::ZERO ) { it2++; }

            if ( it2 != beyond && (int)(*it1) != (int)(*it2) ) {
                if ( stop_if_more_than_one && count > 1 ) { break; }
                count++;
            }
            it1 = it2;
        }

        return count;
    }

    template<class Iterator>
        unsigned int operator()(const Iterator& first,
        const Iterator& beyond,
        bool stop_if_more_than_one = false) const
    {
        return sign_variations(first, beyond, stop_if_more_than_one);
    }

};

} } } //namespace CGAL::POLYNOMIAL::internal
#endif                                            // CGAL_POLYNOMIAL_SIGN_VARIATIONS_COUNTER_H