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-- LibStub is a simple versioning stub meant for use in Libraries.  http://www.wowace.com/wiki/LibStub for more info
-- LibStub is hereby placed in the Public Domain Credits: Kaelten, Cladhaire, ckknight, Mikk, Ammo, Nevcairiel, joshborke
local LIBSTUB_MAJOR, LIBSTUB_MINOR = "LibStub", 2  -- NEVER MAKE THIS AN SVN REVISION! IT NEEDS TO BE USABLE IN ALL REPOS!
local LibStub = _G[LIBSTUB_MAJOR]

if not LibStub or LibStub.minor < LIBSTUB_MINOR then
        LibStub = LibStub or {libs = {}, minors = {} }
        _G[LIBSTUB_MAJOR] = LibStub
        LibStub.minor = LIBSTUB_MINOR
        
        function LibStub:NewLibrary(major, minor)
                assert(type(major) == "string", "Bad argument #2 to `NewLibrary' (string expected)")
                minor = assert(tonumber(strmatch(minor, "%d+")), "Minor version must either be a number or contain a number.")
                
                local oldminor = self.minors[major]
                if oldminor and oldminor >= minor then return nil end
                self.minors[major], self.libs[major] = minor, self.libs[major] or {}
                return self.libs[major], oldminor
        end
        
        function LibStub:GetLibrary(major, silent)
                if not self.libs[major] and not silent then
                        error(("Cannot find a library instance of %q."):format(tostring(major)), 2)
                end
                return self.libs[major], self.minors[major]
        end
        
        function LibStub:IterateLibraries() return pairs(self.libs) end
        setmetatable(LibStub, { __call = LibStub.GetLibrary })
end

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