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+#ifndef __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_PROFILEDIST_H__
+#define __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_PROFILEDIST_H__
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define DEPRECATED(func) func __attribute__ ((deprecated))
+#else
+#define DEPRECATED(func) func
+#endif
+
+#include "data_structures.h"
+
+/** \file profiledist.h */
+
+/**
+ * \brief Align the 2 probability profiles T1, T2\n
+ *
+ * This is like a Needleman-Wunsch alignment,
+ * we should really use affine gap-costs ala Gotoh
+ */
+float profile_edit_distance(const float *T1,
+ const float *T2);
+
+/**
+ * \brief condense pair probability matrix into a vector containing probabilities
+ * for unpaired, upstream paired and downstream paired.
+ *
+ * This resulting probability profile is used as input for profile_edit_distance
+ *
+ * \param bppm A pointer to the base pair probability matrix
+ * \param length The length of the sequence
+ * \returns The bp profile
+ */
+float *Make_bp_profile_bppm(FLT_OR_DBL *bppm,
+ int length);
+
+/**
+ * \brief print string representation of probability profile
+ */
+void print_bppm(const float *T);
+
+/**
+ * \brief free space allocated in Make_bp_profile
+ *
+ * Backward compatibility only. You can just use plain free()
+ */
+void free_profile(float *T);
+
+/**
+ * \note This function is NOT threadsafe
+ *
+ * \see Make_bp_profile_bppm()
+ *
+ * \deprecated This function is deprecated and will be removed soon! See \ref Make_bp_profile_bppm() for a replacement
+ *
+ */
+DEPRECATED(float *Make_bp_profile(int length));
+
+#endif