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+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace spdlog {
+class logger;
+class pattern_formatter;
+
+namespace sinks {
+class sink;
+}
+
+} // namespace spdlog