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+/* Copyright 2004 Jonathan Brandmeyer 
+ * Use, modification and distribution are subject to the
+ * Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+ * LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+ *
+ * The purpose of this test is to determine if a function can be called from
+ * Python with a const value type as an argument, and whether or not the 
+ * presence of a prototype without the cv-qualifier will work around the
+ * compiler's bug.
+ */
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits/broken_compiler_spec.hpp>
+using namespace boost::python;
+
+BOOST_TT_BROKEN_COMPILER_SPEC( object )
+
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1200)
+bool accept_const_arg( object );
+#endif
+
+bool accept_const_arg( const object )
+{
+    return true; 
+}
+
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( const_argument_ext )
+{
+    def( "accept_const_arg", accept_const_arg );
+}