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#ifndef BELUGA_UTILITY_FORWARD_LIKE_HPP
#define BELUGA_UTILITY_FORWARD_LIKE_HPP

namespace beluga {


template <class T, class U>
[[nodiscard]] constexpr auto&& forward_like(U&& value) noexcept {
  constexpr bool is_adding_const = std::is_const_v<std::remove_reference_t<T>>;  // NOLINT
  if constexpr (std::is_lvalue_reference_v<T&&>) {
    if constexpr (is_adding_const) {
      return std::as_const(value);
    } else {
      return value;
    }
  } else {
    if constexpr (is_adding_const) {
      return std::move(std::as_const(value));
    } else {
      return std::forward<U>(value);
    }
  }
}

}  // namespace beluga

#endif