--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/ov-colon.h	Sat Oct 12 01:39:21 1996 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave 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, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_magic_colon_h)
+#define octave_magic_colon_h 1
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+#include <string>
+
+class ostream;
+
+#include "mx-base.h"
+#include "str-vec.h"
+
+#include "error.h"
+#include "ov-base.h"
+#include "ov-typeinfo.h"
+
+class Octave_map;
+class octave_value_list;
+
+class tree_walker;
+
+// Real scalar values.
+
+class
+octave_magic_colon : public octave_base_value
+{
+public:
+
+  octave_magic_colon (void)
+    : octave_base_value () { }
+
+  octave_magic_colon (const octave_magic_colon&)
+    : octave_base_value () { }
+
+  ~octave_magic_colon (void) { }
+
+  octave_value *clone (void) { return new octave_magic_colon (*this); }
+
+#if 0
+  void *operator new (size_t size);
+  void operator delete (void *p, size_t size);
+#endif
+
+  idx_vector index_vector (void) const { return idx_vector (':'); }
+
+  bool is_defined (void) const { return true; }
+
+  bool is_magic_colon (void) const { return true; }
+
+  bool valid_as_scalar_index (void) const { return true; }
+
+  bool valid_as_zero_index (void) const { return false; }
+
+  int type_id (void) const { return t_id; }
+
+  string type_name (void) const { return t_name; }
+
+  static int static_type_id (void) { return t_id; }
+
+  static void register_type (void)
+    { t_id = octave_value_typeinfo::register_type (t_name); }
+
+private:
+
+  static int t_id;
+
+  static const string t_name;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/