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+// -*- c++ -*-
+// Distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License.
+// See accompanying file LICENSE for details.
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <deque>
+#include <utility>
+
+// Maintains an (owning) list of string args and converts them to argc/argv
+// compatible arguments on request.
+// The returned pointers are guaranteed to be valid as long as the PointerList
+// object lifetime is not exceeded.
+class PointerList :
+	public std::deque<std::string>
+{
+public:
+	PointerList() = default;
+	PointerList(int argc, const char* argv[]);
+
+	//! Returns argc/argv pair from the current list of args
+	std::pair<int, const char**> get();
+
+private:
+	std::vector<const char*> argptrs;
+};