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+/*
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_TICKS_INLINE_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_TICKS_INLINE_HPP
+
+#include "utilities/ticks.hpp"
+
+inline Tickspan operator+(Tickspan lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  lhs += rhs;
+  return lhs;
+}
+
+inline bool operator==(const Tickspan& lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  return lhs.value() == rhs.value();
+}
+
+inline bool operator!=(const Tickspan& lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  return !operator==(lhs,rhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator<(const Tickspan& lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  return lhs.value() < rhs.value();
+}
+
+inline bool operator>(const Tickspan& lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  return operator<(rhs,lhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator<=(const Tickspan& lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  return !operator>(lhs,rhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator>=(const Tickspan& lhs, const Tickspan& rhs) {
+  return !operator<(lhs,rhs);
+}
+
+inline Ticks operator+(Ticks lhs, const Tickspan& span) {
+  lhs += span;
+  return lhs;
+}
+
+inline Ticks operator-(Ticks lhs, const Tickspan& span) {
+  lhs -= span;
+  return lhs;
+}
+
+inline Tickspan operator-(const Ticks& end, const Ticks& start) {
+  return Tickspan(end, start);
+}
+
+inline bool operator==(const Ticks& lhs, const Ticks& rhs) {
+  return lhs.value() == rhs.value();
+}
+
+inline bool operator!=(const Ticks& lhs, const Ticks& rhs) {
+  return !operator==(lhs,rhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator<(const Ticks& lhs, const Ticks& rhs) {
+  return lhs.value() < rhs.value();
+}
+
+inline bool operator>(const Ticks& lhs, const Ticks& rhs) {
+  return operator<(rhs,lhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator<=(const Ticks& lhs, const Ticks& rhs) {
+  return !operator>(lhs,rhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator>=(const Ticks& lhs, const Ticks& rhs) {
+  return !operator<(lhs,rhs);
+}
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_UTILITIES_TICKS_INLINE_HPP