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parcel Lucy;

inert class Lucy::Util::Freezer {

    /** Store an arbitrary object to the outstream.
     */
    inert void
    freeze(Obj *obj, OutStream *outstream);

    /** Retrieve an arbitrary object from the instream.
     */
    inert incremented Obj*
    thaw(InStream *instream);
}

__C__
#define LUCY_FREEZE(_obj, _outstream) \
    lucy_Freezer_freeze((Obj*)(_obj), (outstream))

#define LUCY_THAW(_instream) \
    lucy_Freezer_thaw(instream)

#ifdef LUCY_USE_SHORT_NAMES
  #define FREEZE                LUCY_FREEZE
  #define THAW                  LUCY_THAW
#endif
__END_C__