#else
-#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
-namespace lyx { typedef boost::uint32_t char_type; }
+#include <cstdint>
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1600)
+namespace lyx { typedef uint32_t char_type; }
+#include "support/numpunct_lyx_char_type.h" // implementation for our char_type needed
+#else
+namespace lyx { typedef std::uint32_t char_type; }
#endif
+#endif
+
+// Forward definitions do not work with libc++
+// For gcc5 with the new std::string ABI forward declarations would work in
+// principle, but I am not sure whether we want non-standard
+// "namespace __cxx11" in our sources.
+#if defined(USE_LLVM_LIBCPP) || defined(USE_GLIBCXX_CXX11_ABI)
+#include <string>
+#else
namespace std {
+template<typename Alloc> class allocator;
+
template<typename Char> struct char_traits;
template<> struct char_traits<char>;
#ifdef USE_WCHAR_T
template<> struct char_traits<wchar_t>;
#endif
-template<typename Alloc> class allocator;
-
template<typename Char, typename Traits, typename Alloc> class basic_string;
-
typedef basic_string<char, char_traits<char>, allocator<char> > string;
template<class Char, class Traits> class basic_istream;
template<class Char, class Traits> class basic_ostream;
+template<class Char, class Traits, class Allocator> class basic_ostringstream;
typedef basic_istream<char, char_traits<char> > istream;
typedef basic_ostream<char, char_traits<char> > ostream;
+typedef basic_ostringstream<char, char_traits<char>, allocator<char> > ostringstream;
+
+} // namespace std
+
+#endif
+
+
-}
namespace lyx {
+/**
+ * String type for storing the main text in UCS4 encoding.
+ * Use std::string only in cases 7-bit ASCII is to be manipulated
+ * within the variable.
+ */
typedef std::basic_string<char_type, std::char_traits<char_type>,
std::allocator<char_type> > docstring;
/// Base class for UCS4 input streams
-typedef std::basic_istream<char_type, std::char_traits<char_type> >
- idocstream;
+typedef std::basic_istream<char_type, std::char_traits<char_type> > idocstream;
/// Base class for UCS4 output streams
-typedef std::basic_ostream<char_type, std::char_traits<char_type> >
- odocstream;
+typedef std::basic_ostream<char_type, std::char_traits<char_type> > odocstream;
+
+/// UCS4 output stringstream
+typedef std::basic_ostringstream<char_type, std::char_traits<char_type>, std::allocator<char_type> > odocstringstream;
+#if ! defined(USE_WCHAR_T)
+extern odocstream & operator<<(odocstream &, char);
+#endif
+
+// defined in lstrings.cpp
+docstring const & empty_docstring();
+std::string const & empty_string();
+// defined in docstring.cpp
+bool operator==(docstring const &, char const *);
+
+#ifdef STD_STRING_USES_COW
+template<typename Char> class trivial_string;
+typedef trivial_string<char> trivstring;
+typedef trivial_string<char_type> trivdocstring;
+#else
+typedef std::string trivstring;
+typedef docstring trivdocstring;
+#endif
} // namespace lyx