+namespace Stockfish {
+
+std::string engine_info(bool to_uci = false);
+std::string compiler_info();
+void prefetch(void* addr);
+void start_logger(const std::string& fname);
+void* std_aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t size);
+void std_aligned_free(void* ptr);
+void* aligned_large_pages_alloc(size_t size); // memory aligned by page size, min alignment: 4096 bytes
+void aligned_large_pages_free(void* mem); // nop if mem == nullptr
+
+void dbg_hit_on(bool b);
+void dbg_hit_on(bool c, bool b);
+void dbg_mean_of(int v);
+void dbg_print();
+
+typedef std::chrono::milliseconds::rep TimePoint; // A value in milliseconds
+static_assert(sizeof(TimePoint) == sizeof(int64_t), "TimePoint should be 64 bits");
+inline TimePoint now() {
+ return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>
+ (std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
+}
+
+template<class Entry, int Size>
+struct HashTable {
+ Entry* operator[](Key key) { return &table[(uint32_t)key & (Size - 1)]; }
+
+private:
+ std::vector<Entry> table = std::vector<Entry>(Size); // Allocate on the heap
+};
+
+
+enum SyncCout { IO_LOCK, IO_UNLOCK };
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, SyncCout);
+
+#define sync_cout std::cout << IO_LOCK
+#define sync_endl std::endl << IO_UNLOCK
+
+
+// align_ptr_up() : get the first aligned element of an array.
+// ptr must point to an array of size at least `sizeof(T) * N + alignment` bytes,
+// where N is the number of elements in the array.
+template <uintptr_t Alignment, typename T>
+T* align_ptr_up(T* ptr)
+{
+ static_assert(alignof(T) < Alignment);
+
+ const uintptr_t ptrint = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(reinterpret_cast<char*>(ptr));
+ return reinterpret_cast<T*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>((ptrint + (Alignment - 1)) / Alignment * Alignment));
+}
+
+
+// IsLittleEndian : true if and only if the binary is compiled on a little endian machine
+static inline const union { uint32_t i; char c[4]; } Le = { 0x01020304 };
+static inline const bool IsLittleEndian = (Le.c[0] == 4);