A policy based reference counting implementation for compound objects

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// dependency.h

#pragma once
#pragma message( "Compiling " __FILE__ )

#ifndef _CPPRTTI
#error RTTI required: set runtime type ON in your copiler
#endif

//disable unnecessary warnings
#pragma warning(disable: 4250) //inheritance by dominance is by design
#pragma warning(disable: 4100) //unreferenced parameters are by design
#pragma warning(disable: 4189) //unreferenced variable can be by design
#pragma warning(disable: 4201) //unnamed struct and union are by design
#pragma warning(disable: 4512) //unassingable object are by design

//Global symbols
#ifndef interface
#define interface struct
#endif

typedef size_t point_t;

#ifndef SELECTANY_ 
#define SELECTANY_ _declspec(selectany)
#endif

#pragma message( "- Compiling stdlib and CRT" ) 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <crtdbg.h>
//gererally used files
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <typeinfo.h>

#ifndef ASSERT
#define ASSERT _ASSERTE
#ifdef _DEBUG
#define VERIFY(f) ASSERT(f)
#else
#define VERIFY(f) (f)
#endif
#endif

//some STL headers
#pragma message( "- Compiling STL headers" ) 
#include <functional>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <hash_map>
#include <deque>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>

//some STDX always used stable headers
#include "trace.h"
#include "helpers.h"