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+# OpenTrafficShaper constants package
+# Copyright (C) 2013, AllWorldIT
+# 
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package opentrafficshaper::constants;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+
+# Exporter stuff
+require Exporter;
+our (@ISA,@EXPORT,@EXPORT_OK);
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT = qw(
+	SHAPER_NOTLIVE
+	SHAPER_PENDING
+	SHAPER_LIVE
+);
+
+
+use constant {
+	SHAPER_NOTLIVE => 0,
+	SHAPER_PENDING => 1,
+	SHAPER_LIVE => 2,
+};
+
+
+
+1;
+# vim: ts=4