#include <direct.h> // nolint
#endif
+#if defined(min) || defined(max)
+#error Windows.h needs to be included by this header, or else NOMINMAX needs \
+ to be defined before including it yourself.
+#endif
+
+// This is needed because, for some absurd reason, one of the windows headers
+// tries to define "min" and "max" as macros, which messes up most uses of
+// std::numeric_limits.
+#ifndef NOMINMAX
+#define NOMINMAX 1
+#endif
+
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <Windows.h>