Adding upstream version 4:24.2.0.upstream/4%24.2.0

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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diff --git a/include/o3tl/temporary.hxx b/include/o3tl/temporary.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_O3TL_TEMPORARY_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_O3TL_TEMPORARY_HXX
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+namespace o3tl
+{
+// Cast an rvalue to an lvalue.  Can be useful if a function parameter is a pointer/reference to T,
+// and some call site doesn't need the value beyond the call itself (e.g., in a call like
+// std::modf(x, &o3tl::temporary(double())) to obtain the fractional part of x, ignoring the
+// integral part).
+template <typename T> constexpr T& temporary(T&& x) { return static_cast<T&>(x); }
+template <typename T> constexpr T& temporary(T&) = delete;
+}
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_O3TL_TEMPORARY_HXX */
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab cinoptions=b1,g0,N-s cinkeys+=0=break: */