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+/* Copyright (c) 2008-2017. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+#ifndef SIMGRID_MC_REPLAY_H
+#define SIMGRID_MC_REPLAY_H
+
+#include "xbt/base.h"
+#include <string>
+
+/** Replay path (if any) in string representation
+ *
+ * This is using the format generated by traceToString().
+ */
+XBT_PUBLIC_DATA(std::string) MC_record_path;
+
+/** Whether the replay mode is enabled */
+static inline int MC_record_replay_is_active()
+{
+ return not MC_record_path.empty();
+}
+
+#endif