    // Copyright (C) 2013  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
    // License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
    #ifndef DLIB_MATRIx_READ_FROM_ISTREAM_H_h_
    #define DLIB_MATRIx_READ_FROM_ISTREAM_H_h_

    #include "matrix.h"
    #include <vector>
    #include <iostream>

    namespace dlib
    {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        namespace impl
        {
            inline bool next_is_whitespace (
                std::istream& in
            )
            {
                return in.peek() == '\n' ||
                    in.peek() == ' ' ||
                    in.peek() == ',' ||
                    in.peek() == '\t' ||
                    in.peek() == '\r';
            }
        }

        template <typename T, long NR, long NC, typename MM, typename L>
        std::istream& operator>> (
            std::istream& in,
            matrix<T,NR,NC,MM,L>& m
        )
        {
            using namespace dlib::impl;
            long num_rows = 0;
            std::vector<T> buf;
            buf.reserve(100);

            // eat any leading whitespace
            while (next_is_whitespace(in))
                in.get();

            bool at_start_of_line = true;
            bool stop = false;
            while(!stop && in.peek() != EOF)
            {
                T temp;
                in >> temp;
                if (!in)
                    return in;

                buf.push_back(temp);
                if (at_start_of_line)
                {
                    at_start_of_line = false;
                    ++num_rows;
                }

                // Eat next block of whitespace but also note if we hit the start of the next
                // line.
                while (next_is_whitespace(in))
                {
                    if (at_start_of_line && in.peek() == '\n')
                    {
                        stop = true;
                        break;
                    }

                    if (in.get() == '\n')
                        at_start_of_line = true;
                }
            }

            // It's an error for there to not be any matrix data in the input stream
            if (num_rows == 0)
            {
                in.clear(in.rdstate() | std::ios::failbit);
                return in;
            }

            const long num_cols = buf.size()/num_rows;
            // It's also an error if the sizes don't make sense.
            if (num_rows*num_cols != (long)buf.size() ||
                (NR != 0 && NR != num_rows) ||
                (NC != 0 && NC != num_cols))
            {
                in.clear(in.rdstate() | std::ios::failbit);
                return in;
            }

            m = reshape(mat(buf),num_rows, buf.size()/num_rows);

            if (in.eof())
            {
                // Clear the eof and fail bits since this is caused by peeking at the EOF.
                // But in the current case, we have successfully read the matrix.
                in.clear(in.rdstate() & (~(std::ios::eofbit | std::ios::failbit)));
            }
            return in;
        }
    }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    #endif // DLIB_MATRIx_READ_FROM_ISTREAM_H_h_