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+// Configuration-time test program, used in Meson build.
+// Check whether a static member variable may be initialized inline to std::string::npos.
+// The MipsPro (IRIX) compiler does not like this.
+// Corresponds to the M4 macro GLIBMM_CXX_ALLOWS_STATIC_INLINE_NPOS.
+
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+
+class ustringtest
+{
+public:
+  // The MipsPro compiler (IRIX) says "The indicated constant value is not known",
+  // so we need to initialize the static member data elsewhere.
+  static const std::string::size_type ustringnpos = std::string::npos;
+};
+
+int main()
+{
+  std::cout << "npos=" << ustringtest::ustringnpos << std::endl;
+  return 0;
+}