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+// Formatting library for C++
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016, Victor Zverovich
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// For the license information refer to format.h.
+
+#include "fmt/format-inl.h"
+
+namespace fmt {
+
+template struct internal::basic_data<void>;
+
+// Explicit instantiations for char.
+
+template char internal::thousands_sep(locale_provider *lp);
+
+template void basic_fixed_buffer<char>::grow(std::size_t);
+
+template void internal::arg_map<context>::init(
+    const basic_format_args<context> &args);
+
+template FMT_API int internal::char_traits<char>::format_float(
+    char *buffer, std::size_t size, const char *format,
+    unsigned width, int precision, double value);
+
+template FMT_API int internal::char_traits<char>::format_float(
+    char *buffer, std::size_t size, const char *format,
+    unsigned width, int precision, long double value);
+
+// Explicit instantiations for wchar_t.
+
+template wchar_t internal::thousands_sep(locale_provider *lp);
+
+template void basic_fixed_buffer<wchar_t>::grow(std::size_t);
+
+template void internal::arg_map<wcontext>::init(const wformat_args &args);
+
+template FMT_API int internal::char_traits<wchar_t>::format_float(
+    wchar_t *buffer, std::size_t size, const wchar_t *format,
+    unsigned width, int precision, double value);
+
+template FMT_API int internal::char_traits<wchar_t>::format_float(
+    wchar_t *buffer, std::size_t size, const wchar_t *format,
+    unsigned width, int precision, long double value);
+}  // namespace fmt