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+// $Id$
+
+#include "ace/String_Base_Const.h"
+#include "ace/Numeric_Limits.h"
+
+ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+ACE_String_Base_Const::size_type const ACE_String_Base_Const::npos =
+#if defined (AIX) //&& (defined (__xlC__) || defined (__IBMCPP__))
+  // Under some mixed shared/static linking conditions, this constant
+  // will not be initialized at run-time if the
+  // std::numeric_limits<>::max() trait is used on AIX/XLC++.
+  // Workaround that problem by making it easier for the compiler to
+  // realize it can set the constant at compile-time.
+  static_cast<ACE_String_Base_Const::size_type> (-1);
+#else
+  ACE_Numeric_Limits<ACE_String_Base_Const::size_type>::max ();
+#endif  /* AIX */
+
+ACE_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL