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+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Name:        src/mac/carbon/utils.mm
+// Purpose:     various cocoa mixin utility functions
+// Author:      Stefan Csomor
+// Modified by:
+// Created:     1998-01-01
+// RCS-ID:      $Id$
+// Copyright:   (c) Stefan Csomor
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "wx/wxprec.h"
+
+#include <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+#include "wx/mac/private.h"
+
+bool wxMacInitCocoa()
+{
+    bool cocoaLoaded = NSApplicationLoad();
+    wxASSERT_MSG(cocoaLoaded,wxT("Couldn't load Cocoa in Carbon Environment")) ;
+    return cocoaLoaded;
+}
+
+wxMacAutoreleasePool::wxMacAutoreleasePool()
+{
+    m_pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+}
+
+wxMacAutoreleasePool::~wxMacAutoreleasePool()
+{
+    [m_pool release];
+}