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+/*
+	This file is part of solidity.
+
+	solidity 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 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	solidity 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 solidity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace dev
+{
+
+/// Simple generic result that holds a value and an optional error message.
+/// Results can be implicitly converted to and created from the type of
+/// the value they hold. The class is mainly designed for a result type of
+/// bool or pointer type. The idea is that the default constructed value of
+/// the result type is interpreted as an error value.
+///
+/// Result<bool> check()
+/// {
+///		if (false)
+///			return Result<bool>("Error message.")
+///		return true;
+/// }
+///
+
+template <class ResultType>
+class Result
+{
+public:
+	Result(ResultType _value): Result(_value, std::string{}) {}
+	Result(std::string _message): Result(ResultType{}, std::move(_message)) {}
+
+	/// @{
+	/// @name Wrapper functions
+	/// Wrapper functions that provide implicit conversions to and explicit retrieval of
+	/// the value this result holds.
+	operator ResultType const&() const { return m_value; }
+	ResultType const& get() const { return m_value; }
+	/// @}
+
+	/// @returns the error message (can be empty).
+	std::string const& message() const { return m_message; }
+
+private:
+	explicit Result(ResultType _value, std::string _message):
+		m_value(std::move(_value)),
+		m_message(std::move(_message))
+	{}
+
+	ResultType m_value;
+	std::string m_message;
+};
+
+}