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+//
+//    Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Michael Geszkiewicz
+//
+//    This program 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 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+//
+
+#ifndef __TYPES_H
+#define __TYPES_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+typedef u_int8_t u8;
+typedef u_int16_t u16;
+typedef u_int32_t u32;
+#elif _WIN32
+#include <windef.h>
+typedef BYTE u8;
+typedef WORD u16;
+typedef DWORD u32;
+#endif
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#if ULONG_MAX > 0xffffffff
+typedef unsigned long u64;
+#else
+typedef unsigned long long u64;
+#endif
+
+#endif